Psychological aspects of students’ academic motivation in the context of distance education
This paper analyses the academic motivation aspects of intramural course students transferred to the distance education due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The study considers the gender of students and the year of study. The article rationale is that the decision of the Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic to transfer students to distance education was urgent. It goes on to argue that not all universities were ready for such a radical restructuring of the entire educational system that could affect the teaching quality and the attitude of students to online learning and other distance educational technologies for their academic motivation. Experimental study has shown that the general level of academic motivation among students is relatively low. It also illustrates that the focus on the mark is more represented than on the acquisition of knowledge. Furthermore, significant differences were found in the level and nature of academic motivation among male and female students of different years of study. The experimental data obtained in the course of work can become the basis for the development of programs for increasing the academic motivation of students in the context of emergency distance education.