Motivation in university students: analyzes of theses and dissertations between 2000 and 2011

Abstract This study, documentary meta-analysis, refers to research conducted between the years 2000-2011, in view of reading about production on motivation in university students. The guiding question turns to the production of knowledge in a given period, evaluating what contributes or hinders the motivation of the students. The general objectives include the identification of the scientific production and knowledge of the profile of the publications in the chosen base (Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) as well as the knowledge of the related aspects - promoters and barriers. The corpus consisted of summaries of theses and dissertations (17). There is, slightly, a greater number of dissertations in comparison to the theses, with concentration of studies (theoretical-empirical quantitative) in the state of São Paulo, coming from public institutions. The spectrum of theses and dissertations is probably larger than that analyzed in the consulted database. Contextual, personal and present issues in the teacher-student relationship are addressed, these elements related to motivation, sometimes favoring, sometimes hindering.

摘要：本研究为文献元分析（documentary meta-analysis），针对2000年至2011年间有关大学生学习动机的研究成果展开梳理。本研究的核心议题聚焦该时段内的知识产出情况，旨在评估影响大学生学习动机的促进与阻碍因素。总体研究目标包括：明确该领域的科学研究产出，梳理所选数据库——巴西博硕士论文数字图书馆（Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations）——中收录文献的整体特征，同时厘清与学习动机相关的各类影响因子（包括促进因子与阻碍因子）。本研究的样本集共包含17篇博硕士学位论文的摘要，其中硕士论文数量略多于博士论文；研究样本主要集中于圣保罗州的公立高校，研究类型以理论-实证定量研究为主。需说明的是，本次纳入分析的文献范围，大概率小于目标数据库中实际收录的相关文献总量。本研究还探讨了师生关系中存在的情境性、个体性及现实性问题，这些因素与大学生学习动机密切相关，时而对动机起到正向促进作用，时而产生反向阻碍效果。