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Revista Iberoamericana de Educación e Investigación en Enfermería

Revista Iberoamericana de Educación e Investigación en Enfermería

OCTUBRE 2018 N° 4 Volumen 8

Assessment of motivation and perception on academic performance in first- and second-year nursing students in Chile's Autonomous University

Section: Originals

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Benavides Roca MI, Fernández Pino H, Benavides Roca L. Determinación de la motivación y de la percepción del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de Enfermería de primer y segundo año de la Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Rev. iberoam. Educ. investi. Enferm. 2018; 8(4):15-21.

Authors

1 María Isabel Benavides Roca, 1 Honoria Fernández Pino, 2 Luis Benavides Roca

Position

1 Máster en Educación Universitaria. Docente. Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad Autónoma de Chile.2 Máster en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y la Salud. Universidad Católica del Maule (Chile). Postulante a Máster en Ciencias del Deporte. Universidad Castilla la Mancha (España).

Contact email: benavides.roca@gmail.com

Abstract

Introduction: motivation is a prevailing agent to enhance personal development in any area when success in a task depends on motivation levels. In particular, in the academic area, motivation is very important in achieving a good performance. Purpose: to assess motivation type and perception on academic performance in nursing students at Chile’s Autonomous University. Methods: data were collected through a survey on academic motivation that was administered to 104 nursing students in Chile's Autonomous University. Questions were intended to relate intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to good grades. Mean and standard deviation data for the score in each item were analyzed. Results: extrinsic motivation level was 5.47±0.92 and intrinsic motivation was 5.80±0.89. Perception of academic performance was 4.9. Conclusion: nursing students are thought to have an extrinsic motivation to achieve high academic performance.

Keywords:

motivation; nursing; academic performance

Versión en Español

Título:

Determinación de la motivación y de la percepción del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de Enfermería de primer y segundo año de la Universidad Autónoma de Chile

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