The purpose of this research is to investigate the relations the achievement motive of secondary
school students and the relations between the achievement motive and “gender”, “class level”,
“parent education level” and “family income level” with variables. Total 151 students studying
in high schools in the city center of Karabük in the academic year of 2010-2011 participated in
the research. Survey model was used in the study. "The Achievement Motive Scale" was used as
data collecting tool developed by Ellez (2004). The descriptive statistics, t-test and one way
variance analysis (ANOVA) were used in the analysis of data. At the end of the study, the
arithmetic mean of the views of students about the scale of achievement motivation has been
determined to be 3.74. The views of students about the scale of geography lesson achievement
motivation has shown significant difference according to “class level”, but did not show any
significant difference according to “gender”, “mother’s education level”, “father’s education
level” and “family income status”. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions for increasing
the achievement motivations of the students towards geography curriculum have been developed.
