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标题：Does Motivation Affect Students’ Understanding and Performance in Engineering Statics?
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作者：Habibah @ Norehan Hj. Haron ; Habibah @ Norehan Hj. Haron ; Awaluddin Mohamed Shaharoun 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：56
页码：191-203
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.646
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractStudents’ understanding of fundamental engineering concepts is not necessarily reflected by their good academic performance. The difficulty that many students face in Statics has often affected their course performance and other follow-on courses, consequently, disheartening them from continuing with their engineering programme. The findings of this study indicate that most students attributed their performance in Statics to their own effort and self-efficacy. This supports Bandura's claim that students’ motivation influence their achievement. Consistent with the cognitive theory, students are perceived to have more responsibility for their own learning. Does motivation actually make the students succeed in Statics? This paper presents the findings from four case studies in the public universities in Malaysia.
关键词：Engineering Statics;Performance;Understanding;Motivation