4.2 Motivation to Attend Class
In recent decades, there has been a growing awareness of the central role motivation plays in student ability to
succeed in learning and other information assimilation processes. These processes include: feelings towards
learning and towards school, disruptive behaviour in the classroom, coping with difficulty and failure, and
well-being in general (Pintrich & Schunk, 1996). This recognition has stimulated theories and research programs
that aimed at understanding the motivation and processes underlying student behaviour in school. An important
goal of these theories and research studies was the ability to be effective in situations where student motivation is
not optimal. Indeed, there have recently been several experiments and significant successes in implementing