Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student : Measurement of the
Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their
Transition to University

J 2019

Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student : Measurement of the Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their Transition to University

NOVOTNÝ, Petr, Karla BRÜCKNEROVÁ, Libor JUHAŇÁK and Katarína ROZVADSKÁ

Basic information

Original name

Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student : Measurement of the Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their Transition to University

Authors

NOVOTNÝ, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Karla BRÜCKNEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Libor JUHAŇÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Katarína ROZVADSKÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studia paedagogica, Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 1803-7437

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107618

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2019-2-5

Keywords in English

non-traditional students; self-determination theory; Academic Motivation Scale; intrinsic motivation; extrinsic motivation; confirmatory factor analysis; measurement invariance

Abstract

V originále

Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their motivation to study is an important factor that affects current university education. This study investigates the academic motivation of Czech students who are considered non-traditional because of their age (they are older than 26) and at the same time have experienced a break of at least one year in their formal educational trajectory. The Czech version of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) has been used to measure academic motivation. The purpose of this study is to examine the factor structure of the Czech version of the AMS on a sample of 1,885 first-year students at Masaryk University and determine if this tool is functional even on a specific group of non-traditional students and to identify differences in particular types of academic motivation between traditional and non-traditional students. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Czech version of the AMS is a valid scale with a factor structure corresponding to the original model, and based on measurement invariance analysis we can state that the Czech version of the AMS can be used to compare traditional and non-traditional students. The results of regression analyses suggest that non-traditional students had significantly higher values for all types of intrinsic motivation and lower values for most types of extrinsic motivation. In the case of amotivation, it was again the non-traditional students with significantly lower values, which suggests that the absence of a motivation to study tends to be more common in younger students who are continuously receiving formal education.

Links

GA18-15451S, research and development project

Name: Netradiční studenti studující pedagogické obory v terciárním vzdělávání v ČR

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

NOVOTNÝ, Petr, Karla BRÜCKNEROVÁ, Libor JUHAŇÁK and Katarína ROZVADSKÁ. Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student : Measurement of the Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their Transition to University. Studia paedagogica. Masarykova univerzita, 2019, vol. 24, No 2, p. 109-135. ISSN 1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2019-2-5.

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NOVOTNÝ, Petr, Karla BRÜCKNEROVÁ, Libor JUHAŇÁK and Katarína ROZVADSKÁ. Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student : Measurement of the Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their Transition to University. \textit{Studia paedagogica}. Masarykova univerzita, 2019, vol.~24, No~2, p.~109-135. ISSN~1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2019-2-5.

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