Motivation and Academic Achievement of Students Toward Sustainable National Development in Nigeria A Pragmatic Approach
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This study examined Motivation and Academic Achievement of Students’ toward sustainable national development in Nigeria with reference to College of Education Waka – Biu, Borno State. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. The descriptive survey research design was used. The target population was NCE two (400) and NCE three (420) students covering Economics department from the Schools of Arts and social science. 200 respondents were purposively sampled. 21-item of research instrument based on a 5-point Likert scale was tagged through the Motivation for Academic Achievement Questionnaire (MAAQ). Data collated were analyzed using simple frequency and mean. The finding of the studies concludes that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in a proper blend has the potency to improve students’ academic achievement in Economics. The study finally recommends among others that, students should be concertized as well as be empowered to realize that they played the most important role in motivating themselves first toward sustainability, before anyone else; and economics alongside other teaching subject areas to be made interesting so as to arouse and sustain students’ interests and enhance learners’ achievement motivations.
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