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| What are the basic human needs? |
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Learners have a basic need for arousal
Learners want to believe they are competent and have self-worth
Learners want to determine the course of their lives to some degree
Learners want to feel connected to other people |
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Belief about the extent to which one is generally a good, capable individual
Ex- Chris believes that he is a good student, a helpful person, and good at his job. Chris has high self worth. |
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| need for self determination |
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Basic need to believe that one has some autonomy and control regarding the course of one's life
Ex- Curt believes that with hard work he can achieve his dreams. He feels good knowing that he has some control over his life. |
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Amount of time that students are actively engaged in a learning activity
Ex- Chris was easily distracted from accomplishing his essay. He did not have good time-on-task. |
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Motivation resulting from factors external to the individual and unrelated to the task being performed
Ex- Curt really wanted that raise so he worked extra hard during the busy holiday season. |
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motivation resulting from personal characteristics or inherent in the task being performed
Ex- Chris really loves learning about nature so he spends much of his free time learning the names of the birds and the tress that they sing in. |
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Intense form of intrinsic motivation involving complete absorption in and concentration on a challenging activity
Ex- Adam found his flow while working on a set of flash cards for class; so much so that he lost track of time and almost missed class. |
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Motivation that emerges at least partly from conditions in a learner's immediate environment
Ex- There was a bear chasing Curt and Chris. Even though Curt was much older then Chris he was motivated by the bear to out run him. We all miss Chris. |
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| How does motivation affect learning and performance? |
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| Motivation increases goal-directed behavior, effort and energy, persistence in activities, cognitive processing, and determines the impact of consequences. All of these factors often lead to enhanced performance. |
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Belief that one is capable of executing certain behaviors or reaching certain goals
Ex- Chris knew that he had it in him to be a great teacher someday. He looks forward to the day that he can run his own classroom. |
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Behavior that undermines one's own success as a way of protecting self-worth during difficult tasks
Ex- Curt wasn't sure if he would make the basketball team, so he didn't try out, telling his friends that he thought basketball was a waste of time, even though he loved the game. |
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Adoption of others' priorities and values as one's own
Ex- Chris thought Curt was awesome so he started acting just like Curt and doing all the same things he did. |
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Desire to acquire additional knowledge or master new skills
Ex- Curt wanted to become the greatest quidditch player in the world so he set a goal to be ranked the highest ranked player on the national guidditch league list within three years. |
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Desire to demonstrate high ability and make a good impression
Ex- Chris set a goal of earning at least a 98% in his education psychology class. |
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| performance-approach goal |
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Desire to look good and receive favorable judgments from others
Ex- Adam wanted to impress his mentor teacher with his lessons so he worked very hard on his lesson planning. |
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| performance-avoidance goal |
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Desire not to look bad or receive unfavorable judgments from others
Ex- Adam didn't want to look like a fool while he was teaching so he worked very hard on his lesson planning. |
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Desire related to establishing or mainintaining relationships with other people
Ex- Chris wanted to hang out with his LAMP friends more so he invited them to come hang out at Jed's every Friday after methods class. |
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Long-term goal that drives much of what a learner does
Ex- Curt had a goal of becoming a teacher so he enrolled in the LAMP program at UT. |
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| entity view of intelligence |
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Belief that intelligence is a "thing" that is relatively permanent and unchangeable
Ex- Curt believed their was not much he could do to improve his intelligence so he would often day dream during lectures, if he even showed up to class. |
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| incremental view of intelligence |
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Belief that intelligence can improve with effort and practice
Ex- Chris knew he could learn all the names of the local birds and trees if he just kept working at it everyday. |
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General, fairly pervasive belief that one is incapable of accomplishing tasks and has little or no control over the environment
Ex- Curt felt like no matter what he did he could not figure out this math homework and he knew that his teacher would not be willing to help him with it. |
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| How are motivation, affect, human needs, goals, and self-efficacy related? |
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| How a learner feels depends on whether their needs are being met and their goals being accomplished. If leaners are pursuing a task that is interesting to them, they will likely feel excitement, pleasure, and liking which will enhance their intrinsic motivation. Positive affect also comes with high self-efficacy. |
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Learning or cognitive processing that is emotionally charged
Ex- During history class you could tell that many of the students were emotionally worked up when they were learning about child labor at the turn of the century. |
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Feeling of mental discomfort caused by new information that conflicts with current knowledge or beliefs
Ex- Chris was really bothered while looking at a large tree that he swore was a white oak, but the field guide he was reading made it clear that it was a red oak. |
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| What is facilitating anxiety? |
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A level of anxiety (usually realatively low) that enhances performance
Ex- The teacher walked around the classroom examining students work. She noticed that when she came around students desk they started to work better. |
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| List seven ways that a teacher can foster intrinsic motivation. |
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| Conduct stimulation lessons and activities, protect and enhance students' self-efficacy, present challenges that students can realistically accomplish, give students control over some aspect of classroom life, use extrinsic reinforcers while preserving students' sense of self-determination, evaluate student performance in ways that communicate information rather than control, and help students meet their need for relatedness. |
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A concrete goal that can be accomplished within a short time period; may be a steeping stone toward a longer-term goal
Ex- As a goal to learning the names of all the local birds, Chris first decided to learn the names of five birds with in a week. |
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| How can teachers generate productive affect? |
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Get students involved in the subject matter
Foster emotional self-regulation
Keep anxiety at a low to moderate level |
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