期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：7
页码：3253-3267
DOI：10.29333/ejmste/91680
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：This study explored the motivation of underperforming students at three points of
time: applying the programme, studying in Year 1 and during their repeating year due
to academic failure. Six underperforming Year 1 students were interviewed on their
initial motivations for choosing the medical programme. Triangulation of analysts was
applied in the narrative analysis. Later, these students completed the Academic
Motivation Scale (AMS) questionnaire twice to reflect on their learning experience in
Year 1 and their repeating year. Results showed that these students initially had a mix
of amotivation, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation upon applying the medical
programme where the worst case scenario was that students genuinely “did not know
why”. It was further shown that their motivation for studying medicine was unchanged,
increased or decreased over a period of time. Although this study fails to support the
notion that initial motivation matters in influencing academic success, the AMS results
proved that student motivation could also change over time. Hence, more effort is
needed to nurture intrinsic motivation after enrolling into medical schools.
