Level of Morality Among Adolescents and its Effects in Learning

Research Questions:

1. What is the morality level of adolescents in terms in [name of school]?

2. What factors of learning are affected by the level of morality of adolescents? (e.g. motivation,
beliefs/philosophy, goals, perceptions)

Hypothesis: Adolescents’ level of morality significantly predicts their learning motivations,

beliefs/philosophy, goals and perceptions)

Influential Factors to the Moral Development of Students

Some researcher also found out that college involvement through faculty member engagement plays a
critical role in students’ moral development and lays the groundwork for further investigation of factors
that may influence this relationship1.

Moral Development and Learning Morivation

Results from Koh’s study on the moral development and student motivation in moral education in
Singapore showed that there are low correlations between moral development stage and motivation in
CME (Civics and Moral Education)2.

1 Gina F. Astorini, The Relationship Between Co-Curricular College Experiences and Students’ Moral
Development (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1706.
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/1706 (Accessed November 16, 2107)
2 Caroline Koh, “Moral development and student motivation in moral education: A Singapore study.”

Australian Journal of education, 56(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/000494411205600107 (Accessed

November 16, 2017)