Background: Motivation is the force that drives a person to do something. Motivation can affect student learning achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between motivation and student learning achievement. Method: This research method was a cross sectional survey. The study was conducted at the Medical Faculty of Lampung University. The study population was students that taking Medical Basic Science (MBS) blocks 3. Samples were from all population. The instrument used to assess motivation was Motivated Strategies of Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The questionnaire comprises 6 dimensions divided into 31 questions that intrinsic, extrinsic, task value, control of learning beliefs, self-efficacy and anxiety. Learning achievement were measured by the MCQ which. Questionnaire data were taken at the end of the block MBS3, which analyzed using Pearson Product Moment correlation. Results: The correlation between intrinsic motivation and student’s achievement obtained -0.020 with 0.805 significance (p> 0.05). Relationships intrinsic motivation and student’s achievement showed an inverse relationship. Extrinsic motivation and student’s achievement obtained 0.670 with 0.397 significance (P> 0.05). The correlation task value and student’s achievement 0.066 with 0.403 significance (p> 0.05). The correlation control of learning beliefs and student’s achievement of 0.054 with 0.339 significance (p> 0.05). The correlation of self-efficacy and student’s achievement of 0.054 with 0.496 significance (p> 0.05). The correlation test anxiety and student’s achievement -0.060 with 0.447 significance (p> 0.05). The correlation of total score of motivation and student’s achievement 0.034 with 0.670 significance (p> 0.05). All correlation dimension obtained motivation was weak and not significance.Conclusion: The results showed very weak positive correlation between the total score of motivation to learning achievement.
Background: Low achievement is one of the problems in higher education. Many factors that can cause student failure or low student achievement such as motivation, time management, learning strategy, socioeconomic, family, environment, presence, and student’s interest. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting low academic achievement of undegraduate medical students in the Medical Faculty of Lampung University.Methods: The study method was qualitative study with phenomenological approach and data was collected with a semi-structured interview. This study was conducted in Faculty of Medicine Universitas Lampung, in 2017. The study population was students in the first year, second year, and third year. Sample taken with purposive sampling obtained 17 students. Inclusion criteria: students who achieved Grade Point Average (GPA) < 2 and who participated in this study. Data was analysed by using thematic analysis.Results: The number of respondents was 7 male students and 10 female students. The low achievement was caused by a lack of learning strategy, lack of motivation, psychological problems, family problems, and health problems.Conclusion: The factors affecting low achievement were lack of learning strategy, lack of motivation, psychological problems, family problems, and health.
Background: Academic achievement is influenced by two factors, internal and external factor. Learning environment is one of the external factors that affect the academic achievement. A conducive learning environment can improve students learning motivation and affect academic achievement.The aim of this research is to find out the relation between student’s perception of learning environment and learning motivation of pre-clinical student in Medical Faculty of Lampung University.Methods: This research was using cross sectional approach. The sample of this research consisted 248 pre-clinical student in Medical Faculty of Lampung University which determined by proportional-random sampling. This research used two questionnaires: Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) and Motivated Strategies of Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). Data were analysed using Spearman.Results: The result showed that most of pre-clinical student in Medical Faculty of Lampung University have perception about learning environment was decent (74,6%) and learning motivation was high (98,8%), there was significant relation between student’s perception of learning environment and learning motivation which determined by p value <0,05 and r 0,462.Conclusion: From this research can be concluded that the better student’s perceptions of learning environment, the higher learning motivation becomes.
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