Introduction: The relationship between students-teacher can be effective in increasing students' motivation, self-confidence and improving the quality of education. Therefore, considering the importance of teacher-students effective communication and its role in increasing the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process, the aim of this study was to investigate students’ motivation to communicate with their instructors in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2016-17.
Methods: The present study is descriptive-analytic. The statistical population included medical, dentistry and pharmaceutical students in basic sciences (N = 791). The number of samples was estimated using random sampling method (260). Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. Data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, t-test and one way analysis.
Results: The results showed that excuse-making and Functional motivation had the highest mean. Otherwise relational motivation was obtained the lowest average.
Conclusions: One of the most important factors in teacher-student relationship is the student's motivation to communicate with their instructors. Therefore, the investigation of motivational factors can play an effective role in student-teacher communication. Teachers in addition to the teaching process must communicate to students in order to provide them a relaxed and without stressful environment.