The influence of Achievement Motivation and Academic Self-concept toward Academic Achievement of Public Junior High School in Malang

Abstract

Academic achievement is a starting point for the students to succeed in learning. There are two main factors that contribute to succeed of the students’ academic achievement there are the achievement motivation and academic self-concept. Both are non-cognitive factors that can affect the academic achievements. This research aimed of testing the influence of achievement motivation and academic self-concept towards student academic achievement of junior high school in Malang. Sample of this study were 183 males and 210 female students. Showed that academic self-concept directly influenced academic achievement (0.153 with the significance of 0.022). Academic motivation directly influenced academic achievement (0,180 with the significance of 0,010). Academic self-concept directly influenced the academic motivation (0.725 with value significance 0.000). Academic self-concept indirectly influenced through academic motivation (0.131 value significance 0.000). In showed, the results showed there were direct and indirect influenced of academic self-concept and achievement motivation toward the academic achievement.