Frequent cases of university drop-outs highlight various issues related to learning motivation. This work is based on Finn's “partecipation-identification” model and on Goal Theory. Studies highlight the importance of teacher-student relationship and achievement goals on students motivation. We want to analyze if there are significant differences between: regular students and student who have not passed their exams within the prescribed period of time; Psychology Degree Course's students and Primary Education Degree Course's students; working students and students who don’t work.
We considered the following variables: personal goals dimension; university belonging feelings; perceived teacher-student relationship; perceived school goals dimension.
This is a descriptive study and it uses an inquiry method on a sample of 100 Italian university students, using Anova, by