A Study on Diagnosis of Motivation for Learning

We developed diagnosis of motivation for learning cooperatively from 1985 to 1986. This is the standardized test due to the questionaire made up from viewpoint of educational psychology. Naturally, it is different from the clinical psychlogical test being performed for hypobulia and hyperbulia at the hospitals. This paper clarifies the developmental process of this diagnosis from the point of view as the educational counselor. Contents are as following: 1. Structure of motivation for learning from viewpoint of educational counseling. 2. General view of studies on diagnosis of motivation for learning. 3. Process of development on the diagnostic test of motivation for learning. 4. Consideration on the diagnostic case of motivation for learning.