Motivation has permeated the discussions of education professionals since its absence has been attributed to a drop in the student's personal investment in the tasks of learning. Thus, the present study was aimed to assess the motivation and performance in reading, writing and arithmetic of students and to investigate the relationship between the variables. 127 students of a public school in upstate São Paulo, of both sexes, aged 7-12 years and attending the 3rd, 4th and 5th school grade participated. Two instruments were used for evaluation; a Rating Scale of School Motivation (EAME-IJ) and an Academic Achievement Test (TDE). The results revealed the relationship between writing performance and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of students and the overall school performance also correlated with intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation of students.
educational variables; academic achievement; learning; elementary schooling
