Impact of Students’ Motivation on Learning Effectiveness of Undergraduates in Sri Lankan State Universities Mediating Effect of Effort

Abstract

The learning effectiveness of students is an important determinant of any university’s success. Even though, many determinates of learning effectiveness are founding extend literature, students’ motivation is little investigated and the effects on learning effectiveness in Sri Lankan context, it has not been studied yet. Bridging the gap in the context, the current study assessed the impact of students’ motivation on learning effectiveness of undergraduates in Sri Lankan state universities. Motivation is separated into intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. In this research only focused intrinsic motivation of undergraduates. This was carried out as a cross-sectional study among a sample of 210 undergraduates including only the University of Kelaniya. Simple random sampling was applied to select the sample. Primary data was collected through a standard questionnaire as google form via online mode through a survey. The collected data were analyzed with the support the SPSS employing correlation, regression and descriptive statistics. Further, effort acts as the partial mediator for impact of students’ motivation on learning effectiveness. It is found that there is a moderate positive relationship between students’ motivation and learning effectiveness, and also a positive impact of students’ motivation on learning effectiveness through the effort is found. This study's findings provide better guidance for university undergraduates to become more productive and effective undergraduate through national universities in Sri Lanka. It is recommended to state universities to take necessary action to develop students’ motivation in an appropriate manner.