The Impact of Motivation on Pupils

Authors

  • Brima Gegbe Njala University
  • Abubakarr Sheriff
  • Sheik-MAS Turay

Keywords:

Motivation, Achievement, and Learning

Abstract

Motivation can be viewed as an internal state arouses, direct, and maintains behavior. This simply means motivation is a reason of students

Author Biography

Brima Gegbe, Njala University

Mathematics and Statistics, and Lecturer

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2015-09-20

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Gegbe, B., Sheriff, A., & Turay, S.-M. (2015). The Impact of Motivation on Pupils. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 24(3), 27–38. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/4430

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Vol. 24 No. 3 (2015)

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