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COLMENARES, Mercedes  e  DELGADO, Flor. Theoretical Approach to the State of the Relationship Between Academic Performance and Attainment Motivation in Higher Education. Revista de Ciencias Sociales [online]. 2008, vol.14, n.3, pp.604-613. ISSN 1315-9518.

The purpose of this article is to present partial results of a larger investigation about the relationship between academic performance and attainment motivation at level in higher education, as part of a diagnostic study carried out by the authors at the University Nucleus “Rafael Rangel” University of Andes in Trujillo, Venezuela. Methodologically, in a first phase, the study is about the theoretical analysis of these two variables, starting from a bibliographic, hemerographic and field approach to find out the state of knowledge about the variables, both separately and correlated; conclusions lead to confirming the relationship existing between the variables.

Palavras-chave : Academic performance; attainment motivation; higher education.