| Abstract [eng] |
The main object of this final master project is to explore school motivation and test anxiety of senior pupil (pupils of tenth class) in situations of assessment. 240 respondents (120 girls and boys studying at the schools of the city and district and at the gymnasium of the city) participated in the survey. School motivation has been surveyed using “Test of school motivation for senior students” by Petrulyte (2003). Anxiety has been researched using “Survey of school anxiety in test situations” by Karandasev, Lebedeva and Spilberger (2004). Research hypotheses: 1) school motivation of pupils studying at district’s secondary schools is lower that of pupils studying at the secondary schools of the city; 2) pupils at the secondary schools in district experience lower anxiety that pupils studying at the schools in the city; 3) some differences at school motivation and anxiety of pupils of the tenth class may appear in respect of demographic variables. The school motivation research results ascertained that most respondents experience medium school motivation level. The survey results revealed that school motivation of girls is a bit higher of that of boys. It is also evident that school motivation of pupils studying at city’s secondary schools is higher than school motivation of the pupils studying at district’s secondary schools and at the city’s gymnasium. Summarizing the data of anxiety research it was identified, that more than 50 % of pupils who participated in this survey experience medium anxiety. It was evident, that girls experienced higher anxiety than boys. It was pointed out that pupils studying at the district’s secondary schools comparing with the pupils at other schools experience lower anxiety. It was determined, that the relation between anxiety and school motivation is not statistically significant. According to the moderate scope of the survey and non-adopted research instrument, this research may be considered as exploratory and interpretation of data – as leading, revealing only the characteristics of population surveyed. The research project consists of eight parts. In the theoretical parts (1-5) peculiarities of psychosocial development of senior pupils, conception of motive, motivation and school anxiety, assessment of achievements and knowledge of pupils are described. In the sixth part the analysis of school motivation and anxiety is described. Recommendations (7-8) for implementation of school motivation inducement methods and assumptions of anxiety reduction are given after presentation of survey results. |
