Title Jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus mokinių mokymosi motyvai ir mokyklinis nerimastingumas /
Translation of Title Learning motives and school anxiety of younger pupils.
Authors Jurgelionytė-šmukštienė, Lina
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Pages 64
Keywords [eng] learning ; anxiety ; younger pupils
Abstract [eng] Aim – to examine the reasons for student learning and school anxiety. Hypothesis – there is a link between learning motivation and different manifestations of anxiety at school. It is likely that the strongest link is between social recognition motif and school anxiety manifestations. Methods. There was used a questionnaire „Why I Teach“ made by E. Zambacevičienė and D. Janulytė to investigate the students‘ learning motives. The method „School anxiety diagnostic evaluation“made by B. Fillips was used to identify students‘anxiety level. The study included 200 respondents: 100 urban and 100 rural school pupils of class 4. Results. The study of the younger students found that most respondents are of typical social recognition motif. Among urban schools there are more students with a strong inner learning motivation. There were revealed slight differences between the sexes: there are more boys than girls with a strong social recognition motif. The study of students‘anxiety level found that students are characterized by enlarged or high school anxiety level. There were revealed small differences in gender: girls‘anxiety level is higher than boys‘. Anxiety level in rural schools is lower than in the urban ones. Most respondents are characterized by low expectation from the people around, self-expression and knowledge testing fear. The study hypothesis was confirmed, and the strongest relationship is between social recognition motif and school anxiety manifestations. The paper contains 6 sections. Theoretical sections 1 – 3 describe the essential characteristics of younger students, the concept of learning motives and motivation, school anxiety and restlessness. Section 4 describes the studies of learning motives and school anxiety. Sections 5 and 6 describe the motivation and school anxiety coping mechanisms.
Type Master thesis
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2010