Academic Motivation in Newly Entered Students of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

This study investigated students' academic motivation as a function of gender, mother educational level, and father educational level. Participants were 220 students from Sultan Qoobs University. A 42-item Academic Motivation Scale was developed and used in the study. Results indicated no statistically significant differences on the academic motivation with respect to students' gender, selfregulation, university environment, school environment, father, mother and friends. Students who have high academic Motivation factors showed a higher level of self- regulation, academic and university environment motivation. Academic motivation that supports from selfregulation, university environment, school environment, father, mother and friends were important for both boys and girls. The higher educational level of parents the higher academic motivation of students.