چکیده (انگلیسی):

This paper, applying Achievement Motivation Scale, conducts investigation to 278 grade 2 senior high school students
on their achievement motivation. The research results show that there is no significant difference between the
achievement motivations of students from common senior high school and those from key senior high school; the
achievement motivations of senior high school students do have significant difference in genders and male students
have higher achievement motivations than female students; the achievement motivations of students studying science
and students studying arts have difference closely to significant difference; motivation to pursue success has negative
correlation with motivation to avoid failure. Schools, gender and science type do not have cross functions on
achievement motivations.