Achievement Motivation in Distance Education: An Experimental Study to Measure Students' Achievement Motive as Elicited by Achievement Arousal Conditions Given in Reference to, and with Emphasis on Written Assignments.

Gitau, Ben K.

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ERIC Number: EJ354427

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Publication Date: 1987

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Achievement Motivation in Distance Education: An Experimental Study to Measure Students' Achievement Motive as Elicited by Achievement Arousal Conditions Given in Reference to, and with Emphasis on Written Assignments.

Gitau, Ben K.

International Council for Distance Education Bulletin, v14 p37-47 May 1987

Discusses achievement motivation among distance education students, and describes a study of Kenyan primary school teachers enrolled in an in-service training course taught primarily through correspondence. A modified Thematic Apperception Test will be used to determine the correlation between achievement motive and performance score in written assignments. (LRW)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Correlation, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Inservice Teacher Education, Literature Reviews, Performance Factors, Primary Education, Scores, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kenya

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Thematic Apperception Test

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