Primary School Students Academic Achievement Motivation among Slow Learners in Relation to Their Location, Management and Family Income

Abstract

Motivation is defined as an internal drive that activates behavior and gives it direction. The term motivation theory is concerned with the processes that describe why and how human behavior is activated and directed. It is regarded as one of the most important areas of study in the field of organizational behavior. Achievement signifies accomplishment or gain or a performance carried out successfully by an individual (or) group. Achievement means all those behavioral changes which take place in the individual as a result of learning experience of various kinds. The present study was conducted on 211 slow learners from Ranga Reddy district of Telangana State. The result reveals that there was a significant difference in academic achievement motivation with respect to location, management and family income among slow learners.