Activity 5: Motivating our Students Why do this activity? Understanding the motivation of our students and addressing it can increase learning by providing situational factors to consider when designing our courses What are some key questions? Disagree Agree 1. I am interested in learning about how learning works 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2. I am good at learning the kind of material in this workshop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3. If I perform poorly on the end of workshop quiz, it is because I did not try hard enough to learn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4. In attending this seminar, my goal is to perform better than others on the end of workshop quiz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5. In attending this seminar, I feel as if the presenter and peers at my table are working with me 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Question a. Individually and honestly answer the questions above. Adapted from Mayer, RE Applying the Science of Learning, 2011 5 Conceptions of Motivation Basis Goals Description Students work hard to learn when their goal is to master the material Belief Students work harder to learn when they believe their hard work will pay off Partnership Students work hard to learn when they view the instructor as a social partner Attributions Students work harder to learn when they attribute their success and failures to effort Interest Students work harder to learn material that has personal value to them Example Question 1. As a table, for each of the concepts, match the questions in the first part with the related concept 2. As a table, rank each concept from most important (1) to least important (5) based on the answers within the previous section (i.e., average the tables scores or take the mode to rank the concepts) Adapted from Mayer, RE Applying the Science of Learning, 2011