Abstract
The purpose of this research is to show that providing students with their academic achievements in a visual manner raises motivation for further study, and this leads to better grade results in a large number of students. As part of their career study, students take courses in basic study skills and knowledge along with those for generic skills. They are part of one-year required courses. Although students acknowledge the importance of acquiring these skills, continued and consistent effort is necessary for achieving this goal, which often makes them less motivated. However, academic achievements presented in a recognizable form could solve this problem. Discrepancies in the results were observed among different subjects. While the results for Japanese and politics/economics made significant improvements over a one-year period, those for English and geography/history were less remarkable. This could be attributed to the fact that memorization has played a larger role in better score results for Japanese and politics/economics.
