The Relationship Between Self-Concept, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination and Academic Achievement Among Chinese Primary School Students

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Nooraini Othman (Corresponding author) UTM Perdana School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, International Campus Jalan Semarak, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: 60-3-2615-4891 E-mail: p-noraini@utm.my; khairunnur69@yahoo.com Kong Bee Leng SJK (C) CHEE TONG, Jalan Kempas, Taman Kota Putri 81750 Masai, Johor, Malaysia Tel: 60-612-760-4560 E-mail: beeleng83@gmail.com Received: February 14, 2011 Accepted: March 22, 2011 doi:10.5539/ijps.v3n1p90 Abstract The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-concept, intrinsic motivation and self-determination with academic achievement among the respondents. The sample of the study was 200 students in standard 5 and standard 6 from a Chinese primary school in Johor, Malaysia. Data was collected using a self-developed set of questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument was tested using Cronbach’s Alpha and the result was 0.941. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0. Pearson correlation at the significant level of 0.05 was used in order to determine the relationships among the measured variables. Research finding shows that correlations between independent variables (self-concept, intrinsic motivation and self-determination of the respondents) and dependent variable (academic achievement) were all significantly low. Analysis of previous research discovers several salient factors in relation to the current research findings. Keywords: Self-concept, Intrinsic motivation, Self-determination, Academic achievement 1. Introduction Over the years, academic achievement becomes extremely important for a student. Their academic achievement can be related to their choices of subject or streaming and even their secondary school, university and scholarship. Although education is not the only road to success in the working world, much effort

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