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Motivation
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MARCY REISETTER, COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGY IN EDUCATION,
ROSANNE YOST, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
setting?
To what extent is lack of motivation an issue
in your classroom?
we cultivate now?
3 Basic Principles
5
E multiplied by V
Schemata
6
or
Mal-adaptive
What happens when a motivation schema is
Mal-adaptive?
students VALUE?
Why?
What do you see when they
dont value a task?
Meaningful
Connected
Relevant
Useful
How do we do that?
Rejection:
Refuses to participate
Dissembling:
Moves to protect image
of competence
Has high
success
expectations
Evasion:
Does the minimum
required
Engagement:
Seeks to learn
intelligence
Learn for internalized, self-regulated purposes
Pursue mastery goals
Have high self-efficacy
Attribute success and/or failure to an internal locus
of control
Have necessary learning strategies and tools
Motivation Constructs
13
Beliefs
about
Knowledge
Intrinsic
/
Extrinsic
Goal
Orientation
Self
Efficacy
Hope
Motivation
Attributions
14
is Knowledge?
Who has it?
How do we get it?
Where does it come from?
of innate ability
Role of effort
Incremental?
[low points]
Buy-In
Extrinsic
External
Regulation
Introjected
Regulation
Identified
Regulation
Values standards
Willing engagement
Integrated
Regulation
Intrinsic
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continuum?
Competence
Belief
Autonomy
Self
Relatedness
To
Clear
Manageable
Challenging
Criterion referenced success standards
Autonomy: Choices
Time flexibility
Alternative ways to reach goals
Participation in decision making
Emphasis on effort
Collaboration
Social construction
purposes of learning
Why
we learn
For whom
How success is achieved
IMPACT: How we approach challenging tasks
Two basic types of goals
Mastery Goals
Performance Goals
Entity Theories
Incremental Theories
Goal Orientation
Performance:
Goal is to gain
positive judgments
& avoid negative
judgments of ability
[Prove]
Mastery
Goal is to increase
ability and personal
competence
[Improve]
Theory of Intelligence
Entity
Intelligence
is a fixed
trait
Performance:
Goal is to gain
positive judgments
& avoid negative
judgments of ability
[Prove]
Incremental
Intelligence
is
malleable
Mastery
Goal is to increase
ability and personal
competence
[Improve]
Typical Behavior
Entity
Intelligence
is a fixed
trait
Performance:
Goal is to gain
positive judgments
& avoid negative
judgments of ability
Helplessness
Avoid risk
Give up easily
Make excuses
[Prove]
Incremental
Intelligence
is
malleable
Mastery
Goal is to increase
ability and personal
competence
[Improve]
Effort
Seek challenge
Persist
Take responsibility
Problem Solve
Performance Orientation
Competenceyou have it or you
dont!
effort & practice
Avoidance of challenging tasks
Enjoyment of challenging tasks
Easy tasks viewed as boring
Easy tasks are desirable
Effort
competence
Effort = low competence
More intrinsic motivation to learn
More extrinsic motivation
Use of learning strategies for deep
Reliance on rote learning
comprehension
Comparison of self to others
Self-evaluative
Errors seen as failures
Errors are viewed as useful
Failure = low ability
Failure can be informational
Teacher viewed as judge, rewarder,
Teacher seen as resource/guide
and punisher
Which learner do you prefer? Why?
Quadrants
Mastery Orientation
LOW
HIGH
High Mastery
Low Mastery
High Performance High Performance
LOW
Performance
Orientation
HIGH
High Mastery
Low Performance
Low Mastery
Low Performance
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 16
Add P scores and divide by 7
Add M scores and divide by 8
PERFORMANCE
5
LM/HP
HM/HP
MASTERY
HM/LP
LM/LP
1
36
37
#4: Self-Efficacy
38
Perception!
Think about a situation in which you perceive you can
have an impact. Now think of one where you dont
believe you can have much. Compare your
motivation to engage in each of these settings
Context and topic specific
High self-efficacy
learners
Low self-efficacy
learners
Task
Orientation
Effort
Persistence
Focus on feelings of
incompetency
Beliefs
Strategy Use
Performance
Example
Past Performance
Modeling
Verbal Persuasion
Psychological State
Internal or External ?
Stable or Unstable?
Controllable or Uncontrollable?
Locus of control
Learned helplessness
Attribution
Theory
Stability:
Stable vs. unstable
Does outcome change
or fluctuate?
Controllability:
Controllable vs. uncontrollable
Are any variables within my control?
Possible Attributions
Effort
Ability
Task difficulty
Luck
Unstable Stable
Stability
Locus of Control
Internal
External
Ability
Task
Difficulty
Effort
Luck
Attribution Dimensions
Locus:
Internal: Me
External: Not me
Stability:
Unstable
Stable
Effort / Luck
Controllability:
Controllable
Uncontrollable
Effort
Implications:
Improving Student Attributions
Discuss effects of attributions with students
1, 4, 6, 8
Divide by 4
2, 9, 10, 12
Divide by 4
Beliefs
about
Knowledge
Intrinsic
/
Extrinsic
Goal
Orientation
Self
Efficacy
Hope
Motivation
Attributions
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Synthesis
52
classroom practice?
Specifically, what can you implement in your
classroom?
What do you need to think more about?
What questions do you still have?