Academic Performance: The Role of Achievement Goals and Achievement Motivation

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of achievement motivation and goal orientation in the academic performance of students. In this study, 246 university students of Islamic Azad University of Abdanan selected through stratified random sampling and responded to Achievement Motivation Questionnaire (AMQ) and Elliot and McGregor development goals questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multiple regression and Pearson Correlation. The results showed that between the components of achievement motivation, hardworking and between the component elements of achievement goals, Mastery Approach have a significant effect on academic performance and can explain%21 of the total variance of academic performance. The application of these findings is that in order to save resources and time saving, between the eight components only planning to strengthen and upgrade two components is required, hardworking and Mastery Approach improve academic performance and providing programs to improve efficiency in other components is not required.