Abstract:
The purpose of this research were 1) to study achievement motivations of Masters degree program students, 2) to study relationship between attitude toward studying further at Masters degree level, classroom climate, self-concept, learning behavior, learning attention, quality of instruction, family relations and achievement motivation of Masters degree program students, and 3) to study factors influencing
achievement motivation of Masters degree program students at King Mongkuts Institute of Technology North Bangkok . The sample consisted of 791 Master of
education degree program students enrolling at King Mongkuts Institute of Technology North Bangkok in the academic year 2005. The data were analyed by
path analysis using LISREL for windows. The results of the research were as follows:
1. The Masters degree program students mean score on achievement motivation was at a level of much (3.67) and standard division score was 0.60
2. The correlation between attitude toward studying further at Masters degree level, classroom climate, self-concept, learning behavior, learning attention, quality of instruction, family relations and achievement motivation of Masters degree program
students were 0.082 to 0.575 which were statistically significant . The maximum correlation between attitude toward studying further at Masters degree level and
achievement motivations of Masters degree program students was 0.575 and correlation between learning attention and achievement motivations of Masters degree program students was 0.458. The minimum correlation between family relations and self-concept was 0.082 which was not statistically significant.
3. The factors influencing achievement motivation of Masters degree program students at King Mongkuts Institute of Technology North Bangkok has 7 variables
i.e, attitude toward studying further at Masters degree level, classroom climate, selfconcept, learning behavior, learning attention, quality of instruction and family
relations. The direct and indirect cause, on achievement motivations of Masters degree program students included attitude toward studying further at Masters degree level, family relations, learning attention and self-concept (0.657, 0.296, 0.240 and 0.136) The indirect cause, on achievement motivations of Masters degree program students included quality of instruction and classroom climate. (0.211 and 0.175) The single direct cause, on achievement motivations of Masters degree program students, included learning attention and learning behavior. (0.240 and 0.183)