Mixed methods study on the motivational goals and learning strategies of Filipino nontraditional college students in an urban college

• Main Authors: Abancio, Stewart Panchorelo R., Factuar, Nicole Diane C., Gomez, Maria Angela F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Nontraditional college students > Philippines; Achievement motivation > Philippines; Motivation in education > Philippines; Learning strategies > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8546
• Institution: De La Salle University

The researchers examined the motivational goals and learning strategies of nontraditional college students. Sequential exploratory design was used for this study. Study 1 surveyed the levels of motivational goals and identified the learning strategies answered by seventy non-traditional college students from the College of St. Benilde under the Career Development Program (CDP) using the AMI and MSLQ. The data was analyzed using inferential statistics, using t-test. Results of the AMI show that the participants are highly motivated to get high grades because their perception is that education is the key to success. On the other hand the MSLQ reveals that non-traditional college students are extrinsically motivated and evaluates a task by its importance and usefulness. Study 2 compared ten high achieving from ten low achieving non-traditional college students according to their motivational goals and learning strategies by means of an in-depth interview. The common response of all twenty correspondents is to earn a degree as their motivational goal and time management for their learning strategies.