A relação entre a motivação e desempenho escolar em alunos dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental: um estudo na Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Padre Gabriel Bolzan

Abstract

Motivation is longstanding, one known as extremely important in the study of human behavior. The study of this variable points to the fact that it is not possible to speak of a general motivation that works for all situations, but we have consider the context in witch it is analysed. That being said, one can speak of motivation for education, athletic motivation, politics, among others. Thus, the academic motivation is one of the concepts that influences the learning and hence the academic performance of students, so the growing interest of the teachers, especially the teachers who are focused at the growth of its students, make them reach the objectives set out in the annual planning.This dissertation analyzes the motivation focused on the school learning environment in order to study the existence of a possible relationship between motivation (intrinsic or extrinsic) and academic performance in students of the early years of elementary school of the School Teaching Primary Father Gabriel Bolzan.For the methodological procedures, there was a descriptive study. To collect data, we used a scale adapted from Martinelli (2010), whose objective is to verify the relationship of student motivation and school performance. A questionnaire administered to 91 students in the early years of elementary school to respond to the research purposes was used. Also held a meeting with the teachers to present the research objectives and its confidentiality. Participated in the survey, students whose parents signed the consent form. Data analysis was performed with SPSS software help (PASW Statistics version 17.0). Descriptive statistics of respondents procedures were used to analyze the level of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the performance level of students. The results showed that there is a relationship between motivation and school performance, concluding that intrinsically motivated students perform better than extrinsically motivated students. We consider therefore that the implementation strategies in the classroom to promote intrinsic motivation will be more beneficial to the academic success of students in the early years of elementary school of the School Teaching Primary Padre Gabriel Bolzan.