Predictive Influence of Students’ Academic Engagement and Academic Self-Concept on Achievement Motivation among Post Graduate Students in University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive influence of students’ academic engagement and academic self-concept on achievement motivation among post graduate students in University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was used in the study. Five hundred (500) respondents were selected from five (5) selected Faculties in the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The respondents were measured with relevant adapted standardized scale (instruments) which include academic self- concept scale, academic engagement scale and achievement motivation scale and the data obtained was analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Multiple regression statistical analysis of the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Two research Questions and Two Research Hypotheses were raised and answered in the study. The result showed that there was significant relationship between academic engagement and achievement motivation among post graduate students (r=0.967; P