The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Motivation on the Academic Achievement of Students in Gondar Teachers Training College

Abstract

The study mainly aimed at assessing the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and motivation on the Academic Achievement of Students (AAS) in Gondar Teachers Training College (GTTC).The study, thus, first examined the relationship among EI, motivation and AAS. Second, it investigated whether EI and motivation variables had predicted significantly the AAS. For this purpose, correlational design was employed. The study employed Pearson-product moment analysis, two sample t-tests, and multiple regression tests to analyze the quantitative data. The Pearson product moment analysis first, indicated that any of the EI dimensions and motivation scales (except amotivation scale) did not correlate with the AAS. Second, both sex and amotivation were significantly correlated with AAS. The multiple regression analysis result showed that there was significant contribution of both sex and amotivation to the total variance of academic achievement. Thus, it was concluded that sex and amotivation have great role in predicting the AAS.