Basic school students' perceptions of their achievement motivation in terms of several variables

The main aim of this study is to determine fourth and eighth grade students'' perceptions of achievement motivation in terms of gender, grade level and schools' socioeconomic status variables. The sample of study consists of 450 students male and female in the fourth stage, and 450 students, male and female in the eighth stage. The students were selected from the 30 basic schools in the three different socioeconomic status (high, middle, low) in the center of Erbil City in Iraq. The total numbers of students are 900. The research is based on descriptive model. As the data collection tool 'achievement motivation scale' was used to determine the perceptions of the students of their achievement motivation. The number of the items of the 'achievement motivation scale' consists of 37 items and 5 subscales. The subscales were named as ambition and perseverance, competition, quality of performance, attaining success and appreciation and self-control. In addition, for the data analysis based on the spss program, so finally the study reached the result of perceptions of students (fourth and eighth) stages of basic schools for achievement motivation, shows that the students have achievement for motivation. In addition, the difference between male and female in the motivation for achievement, there is no difference between them. Moreover, the difference in the stages of academic study shows that the level of motivation for achievement in the eighth stage is more than a fourth stage of basic schools. On the other hand, the difference in the socioeconomic status there is difference among students. The students in the high socioeconomic status schools, their motivation for achievement is higher than the students in the middle and low socioeconomic status.