Pharmacy Student Motivation: Phase 1 of a longitudinal study (original) (raw)
2001, American Journal of …
This study was conducted to determine whether a shift in pharmacy students' goal orientation (i.e., motivation for learning) occurs during their first year of professional education. Goal orientation consists of three constructs: mastery, performance, and academic alienation. Eighty first-year pharmacy students completed the survey instrument, which measured students' goal orientation, in the fall semester and again in the spring semester. Results indicated that over the course of the year, student scores on the mastery scale decreased an average of 0.24 per item (P<0.006) and scores on the academic alienation scale increased an average of 0.38 per item (P<0.007). Students also exhibited an average decrease of 0.31 per item (P<0.001) on internal locus of control scores. Although the students' goal orientation remained mastery, these results suggest that students are shifting from this goal orientation to academic alienation. Further research is needed to determine if this phenomenon continues throughout the professional curriculum.
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