Perfiles motivacionales en educación secundaria obligatoria y su relación con el rendimiento académico

Resumen

Traditionally, studies about academic goals found that learning and achievement goals were mutually exclusive. However, students do not exclusively adopt a single goal, but they have multiple reasons to commit to learning. Based on this perspective, this study was designed with the purpose of identifying the motivational profiles of students of Compulsory Secondary Education and to analyze if there are differences between them and the academic achievement in Mathematics and Spanish Language subjects. A sample of 596 students were selected by random sampling clusters, which were in public schools in the four courses of Compulsory Secondary Education, who were administered a questionnaire of academic goals. The results showed the combination of different academic goals that make up three different motivational profiles. We found a differentiated relationship between the different motivational profiles and the academic achievement in the subjects of Spanish Language and Mathematics. These results demonstrate the importance of maximizing the combination of academic goals to favor the achievement in two basic areas of this educational stage.