Author(s): Alan Mohammed Saeed Mustafa

Abstract: The success in Islamic studies is getting lower and lower, and many learners are having difficulties with learning Islamic studies and with that also the motivation for learning Islamic studies decreases. The difficulties are shown in both, mastering the material in school and solving the exercises at home. For this reason, the study aims to improve positive learner motivation in learning Islamic studies. The aim of this study is to examine student's motivation towards learning Islamic studies. The purposes of methodology are to explain research methodology, clarify the procedures that used in this research, define the measurements used in planning the instrument, explain data collection, and to provide a clear clarification of the statistical method used in order to analyse data. A quantitative method used in order to analyse data gathered by the researcher. The researcher used a questionnaire to obtain data about the learners’ motivation and analyse them. 89 students from different universities in Duhok participated in this study. Multiple regression analysis used in this study, as seen in table (3), the coefficients analysis shows the B value for social factor = .611> 0.01, which supported the first research hypothesis, the B value for capabilities factor = .712> 0.01, which supported the second research hypothesis and the B value for behavior factor = .609> 0.01, which supported the third research hypothesis.

Keywords: Islamic studies learning, Motivation, Duhok, Kurdistan.

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.3.6.33