Achievement motivation: A major factor in determining academic achievement Prof. Gupta Madhu*, Dr. Devi Mamta**, Dr. Pasrija Pooja*** *Department of Education, M.D. University, Rohtak-124001, India **Assistant Professor, KVM College of Education, Rohtak, India ***Assistant Professor, Vaish College of Education, Rohtak, India Online published on 11 July, 2017. Abstract The present study was planned to find the effect of achievement motivation on the academic achievement of adolescents in relation to some demographic variables viz. gender, locality and type of schools. In the present study, descriptive method was used. 320 adolescent students selected by the method of random sampling from the target population constituted the sample for the present investigation. However, academic achievement of the students was determined on the basis of marks obtained in 10th class of Board Examination. To measure the Achievement Motivation of the subjects, Achievement Motive Test by Dr Bhargava was used. After sorting the data for final scores, Means, SD's, and t-test were employed to compare the academic achievement of adolescents with high and low achievement motivation as statistical techniques in the present study. Data analysis showed that there was significant difference in academic achievement among adolescents with high and low level of achievement motivation in relation to gender, locality and type of schools. It was found that male & female adolescents with high achievement motivation showed better academic achievement than their counterparts. Further, results also showed that high achievement motivation adolescents of rural area and urban area as well as private and govt. schools were found to be better on academic achievement than their corresponding parts. Top Keywords Achievement Motivation, Adolescents, Academic Achievement, Demographic Variables-Gender, Locality, Type of Schools. Top |