Motivation to achievement in gifted students: A review of the literature

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Published: 2017-05-02
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Achievement motivation, gifted, findings

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Diana Irasema Cervantes Arreola
Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-1309
Ángel Alberto Valdés Cuervo
Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-4151
María Caridad García Cepero
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-6581
María de los Dolores Valadez Sierra
Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-2657

Abstract

En el artí­culo se analizan las investigaciones que abordan la motivación al logro en estudiantes sobresalientes durante el período del 2000 al 2015. La búsqueda se realizó en las bases de datos EBSCOhost, Web of Science y Redalyc con una muestra original de 715 artí­culos, de los cuales fueron seleccionados 18 que abordaban el tema estudiado. Los trabajos se clasificaron de acuerdo con las siguientes temáticas: a) la relación de la motivación al logro con el logro escolar, b) la influencia de factores psico-afectivos en la motivación al logro y c) la asociación de la motivación al logro con caracterí­sticas de la personalidad. Los resultados denotan los múltiples factores relacionados con la temática, la existencia de un campo de trabajo en desarrollo en estaárea de investigación, así como pocos estudios realizados en castellano y efectuados en América Latina.

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Vol. 14 No. 32 (2017)

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Motivation to achievement in gifted students: A review of the literature. (2017). Uaricha, 14(32), 11-19. http://revistauaricha.umich.mx/index.php/urp/article/view/147

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