La motivation des étudiants à l’entrée à l’université : quels effets directs ou indirects sur la réussite ?

The aim of this article is the extent of the role of motivational abilities of students on academic success by adopting a quantitative and integrative approach. To this end, the data collected on students in the first year of Bachelor of three streams are used to control a variety of factors related...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sophie Morlaix, Marielle Lambert-Le Mener
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Nantes Université 2015-06-01
Series:Recherches en Éducation
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ree/7204
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The aim of this article is the extent of the role of motivational abilities of students on academic success by adopting a quantitative and integrative approach. To this end, the data collected on students in the first year of Bachelor of three streams are used to control a variety of factors related to socio-demographic and educational characteristics of students. Measured in the framework of the theory of self-analyzes suggest that intrinsic motivation positively influences while amotivation results in lower performance. Moreover, motivation is an asset for good students, but plays a more modest role in how students and even zero for the weak. Finally, the motivation appears to be a mediating variable that expresses the indirect effects of social origin and educational background of success.
ISSN:1954-3077