Caracteristiques motivationnelles des garcons de secondaire en difficulte d'apprentisge ou en trouble de la conduite

Using a cognitive approach of learning motivation, this research focuses on the motivational characteristics of high school boys with learning difficulties of behavior disorders, by comparing them with the same gender ordinary students. A questionnaire was used to measure students' perceptions of the social agents' encouragement, the conception of intelligence, the success expectations as well as the value granted to French or mathematics. The results show that the motivation to learn is less enviable for the student presenting disorders, comparatively to ordinary students. These results also underline that the level of motivation of the students with learning difficulties proves to be even more alarming. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]