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    Where does the term motivation come from? Is it from within an individual’s mindset or is it the dedication that an individual has that tends to be certain when a task is needs to be completed that it is done is a positive manner? I believe that humans as a species are motivated in some form or fashion based upon the degree of what motivates them. It can be from money motivating sales associates, recognition from the upper management, or even someone being motivated to move forward and succeed for

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    “The role of achievement motivation in industrial development in Nigeria”. Volumes of literatures were reviewed, and data was collected and analyzed. The research work was aimed at finding out the extent to which the need for achievement motivation, the intrinsic and autocentric self-directed enthusiasm from childhood could be instrumental to industrial growth and development. The approach therefore, takes departure from the extrinsic factors responsible for an individual motivation. Hence the research

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    Motivators (satisfiers): these are factors that encourage people to work harder or better. McClelland’s achievement motivation theory 1. Achievement: the person seeks achievement, needs to attain realistic but challenging goals, and needs advancement in the job. 2. Power: the person is authority motivated, with needs to be influential, effective and to make an impact. 3. Affiliation: the person

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    2.1. ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND CULTURE Culture, according to E. B. Tyloe “is that complex whole which include knowledge, beliefs arts, moral, low, custom and othercapabilities acquired by man as a member of a society” quoted in (Nwachukwu C. B. 2000, P. 20). In a similar vein, the concept of culture is a huge one, separating human beings from their culture is impossible. Culture is deep rooted than obvious characteristic like gender, skin colour, race, and physical disabilities (Jashigin 1989, P

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    Brief Review of the Literature Studies have indicated that intrinsic motivation increases student achievement. The success of integrating technology with increased student achievement could vary based on students’ intrinsic motivational styles. ATLAS has identified viable motivational styles within individual learning styles. Understanding different technologies and their effect on motivational styles in ATLAS has not been studied, but studies validate the importance and the need for this study

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    Extrinsic Motivation and Student Achievement Rosa Elena Garza Texas Tech University EPSY 5379 Abstract To examine the effects of rewards on intrinsic motivation for children in special education, a review of research was conducted. Students who are intrinsically motivated, tend to experience school success because they select challenging activities and spend more time on the task at hand. It can be very easy to undermine intrinsic motivation by using rewards. This change in motivation then results

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    Motivation Among Boys’ and Girls’ Reading Achievement Megan Kalina ED 611 Western Oregon University 12/04/2016 Abstract In addition to phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, motivation can be considered the sixth component to becoming a proficient reader. A student’s motivation in reading is a predictor for long term reading success. This review examined gender differences in regards to reading motivation based on gender, age, teacher’s perspectives, and self-concept

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    Fall 2011 Gender differences on Intrinsic Motivation in Hong Kong Higher Education Hon Keung Yau Man Shan Kan City University of Hong Kong Alison Lai Fong Cheng Abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate if there are different levels of intrinsic motivation towards study, curiosity and external regulation among males and females. This study focuses are attained by conducting a survey (137 students) among a local university in Hong Kong. Results show that among all students, no matter males

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    OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RN TO MSN PROGRAMME OCTOBER 7TH 2016 THE ROLE OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF PORT HARCOURT MUNICIPAL) ABSTRACT This study focused on “The Role of Achievement Motivation in Industrial development: A study of Port Harcourt Municipal. The onus of the research was to X-ray the extent to which the role of achievement motivation from childhood could be instrumental to industrial development in Nigerian. In addition

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    Students are affect their ability to move to the next level when they fail to complete some requirements. It takes many factors to motivate individuals to continue on striving for academic achievements. (Higgins, 2008) It is said that motivation gives big contribution in one individual’s success. Motivation is defined as the organized patterning of three psychological functions that serves to direct, energize, and regulate goal-oriented activity: personal goals, emotional arousal processes, and

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