Studentų pasirengimo ir motyvacijos informatikos inžinerijos krypties studijoms tyrimas

Information technology is developing at a very quick rate, so it is very important that informatics engineering specialists trained in high schools should be receptive to innovations, understand the importance of studying throughout life, be able adapt to ever-changing labour market environments. The training of highly qualified and ever-improving informatics engineering specialists is intimately connected with the quality of studies which is influenced by pre-studying parameters such as the preparedness of students to study and study program selection motivation. Thus, the purpose of the conducted research is to assess the prerequisites important for the implementation of qualitative informatics engineering studies – students’ motivation and preparedness to study informatics engineering study programs. Research subject: the motivation of Panevezys College informatics engineering students to study informatics engineering study programs and their preparedness for studies.Research objective – to assess the motivation and preparedness of Panevezys College informatics engineering students to study informatics engineering study programs.Research tasks: 1. To assess the motivation of informatics engineering students to study chosen study programs according to study program selection priorities. 2. To analyse the grounds of students’ choice to study informatics engineering study programs at Panevezys College. 3. To assess how a study program selected by students corresponds to learning trends chosen by them at school. 4. To assess students’ preparedness for informatics engineering studies according to the results of passed State Information Technologies Exam and testing results. 5. To ascertain how students themselves evaluate their preparedness for informatics engineering studies.Research methods: the assessment of students’ motivation and preparedness to study informatics engineering study programs included the analysis of the admission data of the students who chose informatics engineering studies, the appraisal of questionnaire survey results, and the analysis of the results of programming and working with application programs tests passed by the first year informatics engineering students. The conducted research is important in both theoretical and practical aspects. Research procedure can be applied for the assessment of students’ motivation and preparedness for not only informatics engineering students but also for other studies. Obtained research data are