學生人格特質與學習動機對化學學習成就之相關研究

A Study of Personality, Motivation and Chemistry Academic Achievement

本研究旨在探討學生人格特質與學習動機對化學學習成就之相關性。共326位護專學生參與研究，研究工具採用多位學者研發之人格特質量表、學習動機問卷。研究結果發現學生人格特質中外向性與其化學成就有顯著相關。再者，學生的學習動機與對化學學習成就之研究有顯著關聯。此外，學生的人格特質與其學習動機研究顯示，人格特質中之情緒敏感性與外向性與動機之成就目標呈負相關；勤勉正直性則與學習動機中的求知興趣、自我成長與課業進展有顯著負相關，外向性與親和性與動機之各構面無顯著相關。

The purpose of the research was to investigate whether personality and motivation of junior college students were related to chemistry academic achievement. Participants were 350 junior college students. After screening the returned questionnaires and eliminating invalid responses, there were usable 326 valid questionnaires. They filled in the questionnaires of personality traits (i.e. NEO-FFI) and the Motivation Questionnaire (i.e. Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey). In terms of the relationship between personality and academic achievement, results showed that positive and significant relationship between chemistry academic achievement and extraversion personality trait. Also, chemistry academic achievement and overall motivation have positive and significant relationship. In terms of the relationship between each construct of personality and motivation, we found that Neuroticism and Extraversion were negatively related with achievement goal and learning environment stimulation. Conscientiousness was also negatively related with achievement goal. Openness and Agreeableness do not have any significant relation with each construct of motivation.