چکیده (انگلیسی):

The aim of this study is to determine if approaches to learning and academic motivation together
predict grade point averages (GPAs) of students who study at Primary School Education and
Preschool Education in Turkey and of students who study at Early Childhood Education in the
US. The first group of participants included 166 third- and fourth-year students at Georgia
Southern University’s Early Childhood Education Department during the 2014 spring semester.
The second group of participants included 455 third- and fourth-year students who study at
Canakkale 18 Mart University’s Primary School Education and Preschool Education
Departments during the 2013 spring semester. It was found that approaches to learning and
academic motivation together did not predict GPA of students who studied in Turkey or the US.