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Effect of Medium of Instruction on Students’ Motivation Towards Learning at Secondary Level

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  • Muhammad Anwer
  • Ijaz Ahmad Tatla
  • Butt, Intzar Hussain

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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of medium of instruction on students’ motivation towards learning at secondary level. It comprised of 1456 respondents as a sample of the study which were conveniently selected from public and private sector secondary schools from the district Kasur of Punjab province.Motivation scale towards learning by Sultana, (2014) having 20 Likert type items with a reliability coefficient value 0.85 was used for data collection.Findings of the study revealed that the medium of instruction had no significant effect on motivation level of students towards learning. On the basis of gender there was found no significant effect on motivation level. There was significant difference between English and Urdu mediums urban respondents’ motivation level as urban English medium students had significantly higher motivation level than urban Urdu medium students. There was significant difference between English and Urdu mediums rural respondents’ motivation level as rural Urdu medium students had significantly higher motivation level than rural English medium students. It was recommended that the findings of the study should be refined for further implications through further longitudinal studies with more data from other provinces of Pakistan.

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  • Muhammad Anwer & Ijaz Ahmad Tatla & Butt, Intzar Hussain, 2020. "Effect of Medium of Instruction on Students’ Motivation Towards Learning at Secondary Level," Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, CSRC Publishing, Center for Sustainability Research and Consultancy Pakistan, vol. 6(1), pages 301-308, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:src:jbsree:v:6:y:2020:i:1:p:301-308
    DOI: http://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v6i1.1065
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