Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija (Jan 2016)

Teacher assessment of students' motivation and learning potentials

  • Gligorović Milica,
  • Buha Nataša

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5937/specedreh15-11856
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4
pp. 395 – 416

Abstract

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Perceiving students' ability to acquire and apply academic knowledge and skills is a prerequisite for individualizing instruction and predicting academic achievement. The main aim of this research was to determine the relation between teacher assessment of students' motivation and learning potentials, and student's academic achievement in Serbian language and mathematics. The sample consisted of 111 students attending the third and fourth grade of elementary school, of both genders, aged between 8 and 10.8. Intellectual abilities were assessed by Standard Progressive Matrices, while motivation for learning and learning difficulties were assessed by Teacher Assessment of Motivation and Learning Potentials rating scale. No significant correlation was determined between the scale results and the students' age and grade, while gender differences were significant in favor of the girls in motivation (p=0.014) and reading and writing (p=0.039). Students' intelligence was a significant factor in teacher assessment of motivation for learning (p=0.023) and learning difficulties (p=0.004). Distribution of mean values of grades in Serbian language and mathematics significantly correlated with the results of Teacher Assessment of Motivation and Learning Potentials (p≤0,000). Systematization of data on students' abilities and limitations, based on teacher assessment, can significantly contribute to the application of ecological model of abilities and skills assessment.

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