Academic Aspiration Level and Its Relationship to Academic Achievement among Students of University of Derna

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of academic ambition and its relationship to academic
achievement. To achieve the aim of the study، the descriptive approach was used. The study
sample، which was selected using a stratified random sampling method، consisted of (105)
university students، including (33) male and (72) female students. The academic ambition scale
prepared by Salah Abu Nahia (1986) was used، and the validity and reliability of the scale was
verified.The results were as follows: The sample members are not characterized by a high level
of ambition، and there is no relationship between the level of academic ambition and academic
achievement. The results also showed that there are no statistically significant differences in
the level of academic ambition according to the gender variable (males/females)، as the results
showed There are no statistically significant differences in the level of academic ambition
according to the specialization variable (literary/scientific). It also showed that the value of the
averages for the various academic years is almost equal، which indicates that there are no
differences in the level of academic ambition according to the academic year variable.