LECTURER PERFORMANCE AND STUDENT ACADEMIC MOTIVATION: A TWO LEVEL INTERACTION

Abstract

Lecturer and student interactions in the learning environment at the university are at two different levels. In this regard, this study aims to explain the relationship between lecturer performance and student academic motivation. This study uses a quantitative approach, survey method, and correlation design. The sample in this study was taken randomly using a lottery technique and the number of samples was determined to be 54 semester 6 students from the Psychology Study Program at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at Manado State University, Indonesia. Collection of research data collected by questionnaire as a research instrument and analyzed by correlation techniques. The results of the study show that lecturer performance has a positive correlation with students' academic motivation. This has implications for the interaction of two different levels, namely lecturers and students in the structure of learning in the classroom. On this basis, research on lecturer performance which has so far been positioned as the dependent variable is expanded by placing it as an independent variable related to student academic motivation as the dependent variable. In addition, a discussion of the results of the research is carried out and conclusions and suggestions for further research are presented.

Keywords: Performance, academic motivation, interaction