Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 15 no. 3 (2023)

Students’ Motivation and Learning Strategies on Academic Performance in Science in the New Normal

Elisha Veneracion

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study determined the influence of motivation and learning strategies on the academic performance in science in the new normal of Grade 8 students in Carlos F. Gonzales High School during the School Year 2021-2022. With an explanatory sequential method as research design and 156 students as respondents of the study, findings showed that the Grade 8 students were motivated to learn Science in so far as self-efficacy, self-determination, career motivation, relevance of learning science, responsibility for learning science, confidence learning science and anxiety about science assessment are concerned. Meanwhile, these students frequently used learning strategies in Science such as planning, keeping records, self-evaluation, monitoring, memorizing, rehearsing, and seeking information. The academic performance of the Grade 8 students in Science was described as “very satisfactory”. Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: There is a significant relationship between the Grade 8 students’ motivation in learning in terms of self-efficacy, self-determination, and responsibility for learning and their academic performance in science in the new normal. Students’ high level of self-efficacy, self-determination, and responsibility for learning resulted in higher academic performance in Science. There is a significant relationship between the Grade 8 students’ strategies in learning and their academic performance in science in the new normal. The more the students used learning strategies, the higher their grades in Science.



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