Philippine E-Journals

ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN PREDICTING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF LETRAN FRESHMEN

Mark Laurence C. Reyes | Mark Matthew T. Mendoza | Justin Ken A. Brucal | Deacon Ezekiel C. Eusebio | Eduardo Lorenzo P. Lim | Dana Faye V. Olfindo | Geselle C. Manguiat

 

Abstract:

Quality education is viewed as a crucial factor that weighs in an individual’s success in life. The psychological factors behind a student’s motives to obtain success in their academics have continued to be an area of interest. However, there has been a lack of an existing study conducted to develop a model of prediction that best explains the most appropriate predictor of academic achievement in a Philippine school setting. Hence, the main purpose of this study is to determine if the academic achievement of first-year college students can be predicted by their academic motivation and self-regulated learning. The study employed correlational predictive design to determine predictive relationships of academic motivation and self-regulated learning for one’s academic achievement. The participants are 51 first-year students from Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Manila and were determined using purposive sampling according to an inclusion criteria. The researchers have used an online survey method to gather data from them that consisted of two different research instruments. Statistical findings revealed that there was insufficient evidence to claim that both academic motivation and academic self-regulated learning have significant relationships with the academic achievement of the participants. Conclusively, the study disclosed that both academic motivation and academic self-regulated learning were not significant predictors of academic achievement.