Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia

There has always been a serious concern about students’ academic performance in schools and institutions of higher learning. Mostly, it has been seen in terms of lack of motivation. However, little attention has been given to the reasons for poor motivation. The SelfDetermination Theory (SDT) of mot...

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Arif, Al-Jubari, Ibrahim
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016
Subjects:	BF Psychology BF501 Motivation
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spelling	iium-518222017-01-17T08:37:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51822/ Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia Hassan, Arif Al-Jubari, Ibrahim BF Psychology BF501 Motivation There has always been a serious concern about students’ academic performance in schools and institutions of higher learning. Mostly, it has been seen in terms of lack of motivation. However, little attention has been given to the reasons for poor motivation. The SelfDetermination Theory (SDT) of motivation provides a new perspective on motivation. This paper investigates students’ motivation and study engagement using the SDT framework. It examines the role of learning climate, intrinsic motivation resulting from basic needs satisfaction, self-perception of choice and self-awareness of students’ study engagement. This study attempts to validate SDT propositions on students’ motivation and study engagement in the Asian context and within an Islamic institution of higher education. Data were collected from 432 undergraduate students (Females = 62.2%) representing several study disciplines. Standardised instruments were employed to measure the constructs of learning climate, basic needs, perceived self-determination and study engagement. Results provided strong support for the SDT propositions suggesting that an autonomy supportive learning climate significantly contributed to intrinsic need satisfaction of autonomy, competence and relatedness. It was also found that the autonomy supportive learning climate and satisfaction of competency need contributed to greater study engagement. This study provides good empirical support to the SDT propositions from a non-Western cultural context. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51822/1/03%20JSSH-1291-2015.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51822/7/51822_Motivation%20and%20study_Scopus%20engagement.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51822/8/51822_Motivation%20and%20study%20engagement_WoS.pdf Hassan, Arif and Al-Jubari, Ibrahim (2016) Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia. Pertanika Social Sciences & Humanities, 24 (3). pp. 919-933. ISSN 0128-7702 http://pertanika2.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2024%20(3)%20Sep.%202016/03%20JSSH-1291-2015.pdf
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description	There has always been a serious concern about students’ academic performance in schools and institutions of higher learning. Mostly, it has been seen in terms of lack of motivation. However, little attention has been given to the reasons for poor motivation. The SelfDetermination Theory (SDT) of motivation provides a new perspective on motivation. This paper investigates students’ motivation and study engagement using the SDT framework. It examines the role of learning climate, intrinsic motivation resulting from basic needs satisfaction, self-perception of choice and self-awareness of students’ study engagement. This study attempts to validate SDT propositions on students’ motivation and study engagement in the Asian context and within an Islamic institution of higher education. Data were collected from 432 undergraduate students (Females = 62.2%) representing several study disciplines. Standardised instruments were employed to measure the constructs of learning climate, basic needs, perceived self-determination and study engagement. Results provided strong support for the SDT propositions suggesting that an autonomy supportive learning climate significantly contributed to intrinsic need satisfaction of autonomy, competence and relatedness. It was also found that the autonomy supportive learning climate and satisfaction of competency need contributed to greater study engagement. This study provides good empirical support to the SDT propositions from a non-Western cultural context.
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author	Hassan, Arif Al-Jubari, Ibrahim
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title	Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia
title_short	Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia
title_full	Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia
title_sort	motivation and study engagement: a study of muslim undergraduates in malaysia
publisher	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate	2016
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Motivation and study engagement: a study of Muslim undergraduates in Malaysia

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