Achievement Motivation among Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

The present study to the achievement motivation of higher secondary school students with reference to gender and residence area. Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) by Jansari (2012) was used. The sample constituted total 120 students’ out of which 60 were from boys (30 urban area and 30 rural area) and 60 from girl (30 urban area and 30 rural area). The data was collected from Sabarkantha District. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that, 1. The boys higher secondary school students group is having high achievement motivation than girls higher secondary school students group, 2. There is no significant difference in the mean score of achievement motivation among the higher secondary school students of urban area and rural area and 3. There is no significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean scores of achievement motivation with regards to gender and residence area.