The Role of Motivation in the Batter Learning of Students

Abstract

Psychological research has shown that among various factors influencing learning and academic progress, students’ motivation plays a prominent and perhaps the most important role. Proper recognition and analysis of students’ motivation are crucial for the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching and learning activities. Motivation is a factor that stimulates and directs specific behavior, or it refers to the internal states of living beings that lead to guiding or sustaining their behavior towards a certain goal. It is, in essence, an answer to the question of what the basis of scientific learning is. Even psychologists consider motivation more important than intelligence, and teachers still need motivated and enthusiastic students to achieve successful and effective learning, and they demand such students. The aim of this article is to enhance the reader’s knowledge and understanding of the importance and influencing factors of motivation and to assist in applying this knowledge in the field of teaching and learning. To this end, some relevant scientific sources have been studied, and the content of this article has been gathered and summarized from them. This article begins with the concepts of motivation, incentives, learning motivation, and progress, emphasizing the importance of motivation in the learning process, and concludes with a brief description of techniques for creating motivation in students.