A Study on Learning Motive of Occupational Therapy Students ―Anarisis　for　SEM―

Shinichi KOIKE，Ryuji YAMAGUCHI

In this study, a structural equation model（ SEM）
analysis was conducted to analyze learning motives over
the course of several years and to do a structural analysis
using a two-factor model. The subjects of this study were
163 students enrolled in an occupational therapy class
in 2007, and 166 students enrolled in the same class in
2008.
The results of the survey and analysis fulfilled the
criterion in the learning content significance model
but not in the learning content utility analysis model.
The constructs of the learning content significance
analysis model were fixed as "highly significant" and
"nominally significant"; fulfillment, practicality, and
training-oriented observed variables constituted "highly
significant" learning content, while relationship, pride,
and compensation-oriented ones constituted "nominally
significant" learning content. Relationships between the
constructs were also indicated, and all path coefficients
were significant. The results of the path coefficients
suggested that fulfillment-oriented motives must be
emphasized, that compensation-oriented motives should
not be emphasized, and that the significance of the
learning content, i.e. spontaneous motivation, is critical.

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