Study of Effective Factors in Evoking Study Motivation Among the Student of Health and Paramedical Faculties of Alborz University of Medical Sciences, 2012

Background: Study as an individual and public process needs special motivation, and inclination. Creating motivation to study among students is an essential task, and it needs effective steps to be taken. The present research has been conducted to examine the factors that affect educational (study) motivation in students of Health and Para–Medical Faculty of Alborz Medical Science University in 2012. Methods and Tools of Gathering: The method of this paper is based on survey-descriptive. The required data had been collected by questionnaire. A total number 241 students participated in this study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analyzing data by SPSS. Results: The results of the study hypotheses test reveals that there is a meaningful relationship between the study motivation of the students in Health and Para-Medical Faculty of Alborz University and their study major, and their year of study. However, there is not any meaningful relationship between students' study motivation and the place of their study or their past terms scores. Discussion: Several factors such as the study major, the year of study, family and teachers roles, instruments and equipments of university have important effect on students' study motivation. Today, the role of internet, scientific websites and educational technology on learning is inventible