Mixed methods study on the motivational goals and learning strategies of Filipino nontraditional college students in an urban college

Date of Publication

2009

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Educational Psychology

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Thesis Adviser

John Addy Garcia

Defense Panel Chair

Ma. Alicia Bustos-Orosa

Defense Panel Member

Maria Guadalupe Salanga

Abstract/Summary

The researchers examined the motivational goals and learning strategies of nontraditional college students. Sequential exploratory design was used for this study. Study 1 surveyed the levels of motivational goals and identified the learning strategies answered by seventy non-traditional college students from the College of St. Benilde under the Career Development Program (CDP) using the AMI and MSLQ. The data was analyzed using inferential statistics, using t-test. Results of the AMI show that the participants are highly motivated to get high grades because their perception is that education is the key to success. On the other hand the MSLQ reveals that non-traditional college students are extrinsically motivated and evaluates a task by its importance and usefulness. Study 2 compared ten high achieving from ten low achieving non-traditional college students according to their motivational goals and learning strategies by means of an in-depth interview. The common response of all twenty correspondents is to earn a degree as their motivational goal and time management for their learning strategies.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU15105

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

115 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Nontraditional college students--Philippines; Achievement motivation--Philippines; Motivation in education--Philippines; Learning strategies--Philippines

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