A Model for Promoting Academic Motivation

AbstractThis study reports the results of a survey exploring the factors that motivate students in a face to face course, considering the components of the MUSIC model of academic motivation. An inventory was administered to the 81 first year undergraduate students near the end of a one semester Pedagogy course. The students’ ratings of the components and aspects of the course that influenced their perception on it will be discussed; also, the students’ suggestions for optimizing the instructional design of the course from the perspective of the MUSIC motivational model will be presented