Abstract:
This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of internal motivation
and personal goals of academic performance for primary school students in
Zarqa. study sample consisted of (321) students of tenth, eleventh and twelfth
classes in the schools of the city of Zarqa, by (5%) of the total the study
population.
To answer the questions of the study, the means, standard Deviation, t test
and multiple regressions were computed. The results of the study revealed that
each of the intrinsic motivation and personal goals and performance academic
among Students was high, also the results revealed a statistically significant
correlation between dimensions of intrinsic motivation and personal goals. The
results also revealed a statistically significant correlation between dimensions
of internal motivation and academic performance. The predictability value
was around 10%, which is relatively low.