The four dimensions of motivation to learn
(Burden, 1995; Horn, 1995) that are the focus of
this study are interest, relevance, perceived probability of success, expectancy of success or confidence, and satisfaction. Interest arouses a learner’s
curiosity to learn, respond and attend to subject
matter, while relevance is the extent to which learners perceive subject matter content to be significant and valuable to them. If they consider the
material to be relevant, they will try to learn it.
Perceived probability of success, expectancy of
success or confidence is the learners’ perceived
likelihood of success through their personal control
of their behavior. Learners will try harder to learn
the material if they think they are likely to pass the
subject. Satisfaction is the learners’ psychological
equilibration due to experience of extrinsic rewards
and realization of intrinsic growth needs.