Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to study some selected factors that we believe that affect students’ motivation. For this reason totally 120 students participated in the study. Study is conducted in March 2015. Factors as (1) the quality of teaching, (2) teacher’s attitude, (3) students’ participation in class, (4) students’ competitiveness, (5) the fear of course failure, (6) high grades, (7) possibilities for getting a good job after graduation, (8) making parents happy, (9) the interest in learning the courses, and (10) the relevance of the course for the future career are analyzed. Factors are grouped in three subgroups as teacher-academic motivation, student’s motivation, and university motivation. Teachers’ quality is confirmed as the most impact factor for their motivation. Teachers are who make students to be motivated, respectively unmotivated. Students believed that there is no unique formula for teaching and asses them. Hence, different methods in this line used by teachers make students more interested to addend and learn for. Moreover, practically oriented courses are welcomed for students.