A Study on the Relationship between Achievement Motivation and Academic Proficiency
A Study on the Relationship between Achievement Motivation and Academic Proficiency Josmin Teresa Jose LICTE, Mahatma Gandhi University Abstract : This study aims at finding out the relationship between the academic proficiency of senior secondary students and their achievement motivation. Conclusions are drawn from a sample of 25 senior secondary students of Sacred Heart Girls’ High School, Ramapuram, who were administered the Deo-Mohan Achievement Motivation Scale. This result was then compared with their academic scores collected from their school records. The test revealed that students with high levels of achievement motivation tended to perform better academically than those having poor levels of achievement motivation. This also showed that levels of achievement motivation in students is indeed related to academic achievement. Introduction Achievement motivation is an integrative perspective based on the premise that performance motivation results from the w...