Abstract
Seventy seven students of physical therapy department (second year 36, first year 41) were surveyed with an original questionnaire to investigate about the motives among students specializing physical therapy. It was found that they had a tendency to be oriented for practicality, reward and fulfilment. The subjects were divided into four groups after cluster analysis and were compared with their academic achievements. They were tested with one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) and multiple comparison tests.
Among the four groups, those which had significantly higher academic achievements generally showed higher motive forms and indicated intrinsic motive forms rather than extrinsic (penalty) ones.
Consequently it was suggested that intrinsic motives played an important role not only in “lifelong learning” but also in academic achievements.
