Course selection motivation and learning behavior improvement strategies among Chinese college students

This descriptive study involved 338 college students with elective course experience from a Chinese university and used a questionnaire to evaluate the respondents' motivation for course selection and learning behavior improvement strategies.The study described the profile of respondents in terms of sex , grade level, and school type; determined the course selection motivation of college students in the personal, teacher, and classroom dimensions; assessed the learning behavior improvement strategies in terms of attendance rate, classroom performance, homework completion rate, and after-school review; tested the differences in responses to course selection motivation and learning behavior improvement strategies when grouped according to profile; tested the significant relationship between the respondents' motivation for course selection and learning behavior improvement strategies; and proposed a career development plan for college students' learning motivation.As to the results, the majority of the respondents are female sophomores majoring in Literature.Most respondents care about the individual's needs as their course selection motivation and are aware of learning behavior improvement strategies especially in terms of classroom performance which they attach great importance to.There are significant differences in the course selection motivation according to their major grouping.There were significant differences in classroom performance in response to learning behavior improvement strategies in gender grouping and the completion of operations is shown to be important in grade grouping; When grouped by profession, there are significant differences in all indicators.There is also a significant correlation between the course selection motivation of respondents and learning behavior improvement strategies.This implies that when students are motivated in the course they selected, they tend to demonstrate positive behavior improvement strategies.A proposed career development program was developed for an improved student motivation.Future researchers may further investigate and increase the sample size to ensure diversity and greater representativeness.In addition, it is also possible to explore the motivation for course selection and learning behavior improvement strategies of students from different regions and types of universities.