Motivação e aprendizagem : um estudo centrado em alunos do 5º ano do ensino fundamental em duas Escolas públicas de Sergipe (2008-2009)

Abstract

This study is about the motivational factors subject that has been intensively discussed in recent decades by researchers of the Education and Psychology fields, because of the problems related to the absence of motivation that has influenced, negatively, the process of teaching and learning. The objective of this study was to analyze the motivational factors that influence the learning of students in the sth year of fundamental education at two public schools, one in Aracaju city, from the state net of education, and another in Boquim city, from the municipal net of education. The participants of the study were 32 students. The methodological procedure used was bibliographic research, collection of data through the application of a motivation scale, interviews with students and study of documents (minutes of school performance in the year 2008). The result of the study showed that intrinsic motivation (IM) is greater than extrinsic motivation (EM). However, there was similarity in the results of the central measures found, and the relation between school marks and the type of motivation was not too significant.

Date of Award	2010
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)