Problem Limitation Objective of the Study
9 learning. Motivation is a very important factor to attain the goal of learning
motivation. It is also useful to know factors that improve the learning motivation. By knowing the learning motivation, students will be aware of the importance of
correcting themselves about their learning then they can improve their abilities and their efforts to study hard in order to achieve their learning goals.
In order to encourage the students to study harder, Frandsen 1967 proposed six motives, namely:
1 The students want to find out and investigate what happens in the world,
2 The students, young people are always creative and they want to be different
from others, 3
The students do not want to fail anymore, 4
The students want to feel safe by mastering all the subjects, 5
The students want to have a sympathy by their parents and friends, 6
The students realize the existence of reward and punishment as the end of the study.
On the other hand, Thorndike 1999 looks at the relationship between
motivation and the law of effect. In the study of law, the set up of the study was repeated because:
1 Interest, there is a motivation to learn because we are interested with the
lessons for ourselves. 2
Significance, the learning motivation has some useful lessons for us. 3
Improvement, the desire to improve ourselves.
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Attitude problem, because of a problem in ourselves and students want to fix it by studying.
5 Attentiveness, want to participate in terms which being learned.