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Motivation in the Classroom. Chapter 11. Motivation in the Classroom. Learning-focused vs. Performance-focused Self-Regulation Teacher Characteristics Climate or Environment Variables. Learning vs. Performance Focus. Self-regulated students Teacher characteristics Climate Variables
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Motivation in the Classroom Chapter 11
Motivation in the Classroom • Learning-focused vs. Performance-focused • Self-Regulation • Teacher Characteristics • Climate or Environment Variables
Learning vs. Performance Focus • Self-regulated students • Teacher characteristics • Climate Variables • Instructional Variables • Cultural Influences in Learning Today’s political environment: No Child Left Behind
Self-Regulation • Accepting responsibility and control for one’s own learning • Self-Determination Theory-deciding how to act on one’s environment • Competence, control, relatedness • Strategies • Relationship: responsibility & learning • Student input re: class procedures • Link consequences to actions • Model responsibility, learning focus, metacognition, guide students • Concrete ways for monitoring/assessing goals
Additional strategies • Students set own goals and monitor progress toward them • Opportunities to learn without teacher direction (chapter self-assessments) or assistance (peer tutoring or cooperative learning) • Assign activities (research papers, projects) with leeway re: goals, use of time, etc. • Evaluate their own performance and compare that to teacher assessments (Ormrod, 2003, p. 357)
Teacher Characteristics • Personal teaching efficacy • Modeling and enthusiasm • Caring • Positive expectations
Climate/Environment Variables • Order and Safety • Student self-efficacy • Task comprehension (control/value) • Challenge
Motivation in the Classroom Learning-focused vs. Performance-focused • Self-Regulation • Teacher Characteristics • Climate Variables Review Chapter 11 (finish PRAXIS practice), continue to work on Journal review #2 (due Mon., Nov. 15th)