Does motivation affect students’ understanding and performance in engineering statics?

• Main Authors: Haron, Habibah @ Norehan, Mohamed Shahar, Awaluddin, Puteh, Marlia, Harun, Hafizah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34522/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812041080
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Students’ understanding of fundamental engineering concepts is not necessarily reflected by their good academic performance. The difficulty that many students face in Statics has often affected their course performance and other follow-on courses, consequently, disheartening them from continuing wit...