THE EFFECT MASTERY AND PERFORMANCE RELATED MATHEMATICS LEARNING MOTIVATION ON MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT: THE CASE OF FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN BONGA UNIVERSITY, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to explore the effect of performance and mastery related mathematics learning motivation on mathematics achievement. A sample of 150 students (86 males and 64 females) was randomly selected from Bonga University. MLM scale containing 11-items was adapted from different literatures. The performance and mastery related motivation Scale was adapted from Butler (2016).The mathematics achievement was measured by 30- items of a self-developed achievement test of Mathematics. Only 25 mathematics achievement test items which obeyed all the psychometric properties of item analysis were retained as a scale for the test administration. The Cronbach alpha reliability of Mathematics achievement test was .84, which is above the acceptable threshold.  Confirmatory factor analysis with the help of Structural equation modeling by using STATA15 software was applied to analyze the data. Results revealed that Performance related mathematics learning motivation has significant effect on mathematics achievement, whereas mastery related mathematics learning motivation has no significant effect on mathematics achievement. Further study should be conducted on the unexplained factors of MLM.