Learners’ academic motivation in psychology: A systematic review

Abstract

A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the learning motivation of pupils and students in psychology field. The databases in Vietnamese and English were systematically searched for review from the inception in 1981. The result of 36 studies indicated six research categories in analysing academic motivation as follows (1) Academic motivation and academic achievement, (2) Learning motivation by educational levels, (3) Impacting factors on academic motivation such as basic psychological needs, teachersstudents relationship, class climate, student mindset, self-efficacy and personality traits, (4) Learning motivation assessment and measurement instruments, (5) Academic motivation development and (6) Prevention and intervention of learning amotivation cases. Further discussion about pupils and students’ academic motivation in Vietnam and suggestion for future researches shall be mentioned.