The students' motivation has been highlighted in the educational context as an important construct, as a function of effective teaching and meaningful learning. According with this concept, this study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of a Brazilian version of the Academic Motivation Scale (EMA) applied to 170 university students from São Paulo, of which 71% female, aged 18 to 25 years in the courses of biological sciences, physical education, nutrition, psychology and pedagogy. The results showed that the students' best averaged score were in intrinsic motivation factor and the worst was in social reward external motivation factor. There were significant statistical differences in the students' self-perception of motivation to university only due to course taken. There was correlation between the factors' scale with the academic performance. The Cronbach's accuracy was very good. The validity and accuracy results give the psychometrics' characteristics to EMA.
Self-regulation; Motivation; Psychometrics; Higher education
