THE ANALYSIS OF SUCCESS MOTIVATION AND FAILURES AVOIDANCE OF THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS IN KRASNOYARSK

Abstract

In the course of education a significant role is played by motivation of students. The study of academic motivation is one of the fundamental problems in pedagogics and psychology, since an efficient interaction between teachers and students is possible within understanding of their motivation. To teach in today’s environment it is necessary to be able to interpret such pshyco-pedagogical characteristics of a person as motivation, independent behavior, active performance and ability to reach one’s goals. To assess the motivation of the first-year students of economics in Krasnoyarsk we have used A. Mekhrabian’s inventory consisted of two forms: for males and females. Within the research, to identify relation between the motivation and performance of the students we have estimated Spearman’s rank correlation. The current research results in the fact that the majority of the first-year respondents are mainly willing to avoid failures. The distribution of points within the groups is close to a normal distribution. The indicators of motivation and academic performance of the students are correlated by the tie – average in size and straight in direction. To increase the number of students encouraged to succeed it is necessary to implement innovative teaching methods. The education techniques should be primarily aimed at the development of student’s cognitive interest in the process of education. The process of teaching should also be modernized with the active learning methods improving R&D work and solving the problems related to their future profession. It is also necessary to encourage the students for a successful academic and scientific life in the university starting from the very beginning.