Abstract
This study aimed to test the "Dual-Core Motivation Model" (DCM). Depending on the results of motivation and cognitive psychology researches, the DCM suggests that learning motivation contains four different components of value, expectation, affect, and executive volition. Among these four components, affect and executive volition are core components which would influence learning behavior directly. However, the effects of the two other components of value and expectation are mediated by the two core components, and thus influence learning behavior indirectly. Participants of this study were 480 sixth-grade students in Taiwan. Research instruments included were the "Primary School Learning Motivation Scale" and "Primary School Learning Behavior Scale". Data collected were analyzed by structural equation modeling using the LISREL computer program. Results showed that learning motivation consisted of four different components of value, expectation, affect, and executive volition, and the DCM fitted the observed data well. Finally, based on the research findings, possible Implications for educators and suggestions for future research are discussed by the researcher.