Differences in motivations and academic achievement



Título del documento: Differences in motivations and academic achievement
Revue: Lecturas de economía
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000398581
ISSN: 0120-2596
Autores: 1
2
1
Instituciones: 1Tilburg University, Department of Economics, Tilburg, North Brabant. Países Bajos
Periodo: Ene-Jun
Número: 78
Paginación: 11-44
País: Colombia
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés This paper provides new evidence on the effect of pupils' self-motivation on academic achievement in science across countries. By using the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment 2006 (PISA 2006) test, we find that self-motivation has a positive effect on students' performance. Instrumental Variables Quantile Regression is used to analyze the existence of different estimated coefficients over the scores distribution, allowing us to deal with the potential endogeneity of self-motivation. We find that the impact of intrinsic motivation on academic performance depends on the pupil's score. Our findings support the importance of designing focalized programs for different populations that foster their motivation towards learning
Disciplinas: Economía,
Educación
Palabras clave: Econometría,
Investigación educativa,
Teorías económicas,
Sistemas socioeconómicos,
Rendimiento académico,
Efecto marginal
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