Investigation of academic and athletic motivation on academic performance among university students

Authors

Pauline Carolyne Fortes, University of Wollongong in DubaiFollow
Gwendolyn Rodrigues, University of Wollongong in DubaiFollow
Abdellatif Tchantchane, University of Wollongong in DubaiFollow

RIS ID

80357

Publication Details

Fortes, P. Carolyne., Rodrigues, G. & Tchantchane, A. 2010, 'Investigation of academic and athletic motivation on academic performance among university students', International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, vol. 2, pp. 181-185.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the academic and athletic motivation and identify the factors that determine the academic performance among university students in the Emirates of Dubai. The study examined motivation based on non-traditional measure adopting a scale to measure both academic as well as athletic motivation.