Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Performance Mediated by their Motivation for Learning

The study was intended to identify the factors that affect students' academic performance mediated by their motivation for learning.The study employed a cross-sectional survey where primary data were collected from a total of 206 samples randomly drawn from 5505 undergraduate students of a public university in Bangladesh.Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data.The study confirmed that there is a very strong positive association between students' academic performance and their motivation for learning (γ = .942;p< 0.01).The study claimed that the factors involving students' gender, interests on academic majors, academic results in previous semesters, physical and mental health, participation in class, participation in co-curricular activities, family economic condition, family support, parental guidance, necessity for getting job, necessity for making money, necessity for economic self-sufficiency, necessity for helping family financially, departmental learning facilities, teachers' quality, student-teacher relationship, and institutional learning environment positively affect students' academic performance mediated by their motivation for learning.These associations are statistically significant ranging from at 90% to 99% confidence levels.The study suggested that students, their families and educational institutions should play important roles in strengthening students' motivation for learning that would lead to their better academic performance.