摘要：AbstractBackgroundThe specialists consider that each individual's success depends largely on the ability to adapt to the changing conditions of contemporary society. The more you are willing to learn, the more you can be flexible and open for new opportunities. Students are directly responsible and accountable for their performance, adjusting to the rapidly changing school environment. Motivational orientations like self-efficacy, goal-orientation, test anxiety and personal beliefs are key-elements in trying to be a successful student. The present paper comes to find an answer to the question of which aspects of learning motivation influence the academic performance of secondary school students in Romania.MethodologyThis observational study had two essential points: a pilot study designed to test the instruments and to apply the tested instruments on a sample of 270 middle school students, aged between 12 and 14 years. The research methods used in this investigation is a questionnaire based survey and documents’ analysis. The instrument used was the Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. We translated the instrument from English to Romanian and adapt it for the Romanian population. The obtained internal consistency coefficient alpha Cronbach for all scales in the pilot study allowed us to apply the questionnaire to the larger population.ConclusionsThe results confirm that the investigated variables determine a higher degree of school performance. The degree of innovation that the present paper brings is given by the use of these concepts in a Romanian educational reality, especially in secondary education field. It was concluded that being more confident in their own forces contributes to: internal motivation, adjusting their internal activities, validating the results obtained after a proper referential and improving their level of academic performance.
