What psychological needs must be
1. supported under the strictures of the selfdetermination theory of motivation?
Self-satisfaction,
relatedness, and
autonomy
Gratification,
competence, and
autonomy
Relatedness,
competence, and
autonomy
Gratification,
relatedness, and
autonomy
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2.
Connective instruction links the student and teacher on what three
levels?
Instructional, cognitively, and interpersonal
Informational, interpersonal, and culturally
Substance and subject manner, informational, and interpersonal
Substance and subject manner, interpersonal, and instructional
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3.
According to the Boston Student Advisory Council, student engagement
occurs when what happens?
Teachers dedicate at least 30 minutes a week to one-on-one
instruction with each student.
Young people are taken seriously as valued partners participating
in making the academic and social decisions impacting their lives.
Students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular
activities that have direct ties to specific academic pursuits.
Students are guaranteed a role in the school and district
decision-making process via direct representation on boards and
committees.
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4.
Sanacore (2008) suggests that teachers can use what techniques to
increase the motivation of the reluctant learner?
Provide small rewards for specified achievements, and utilize
available media resources to “draw the student” into the
discussion.
Provide students with a designated “gripe hour” every week
when they can freely discuss issues they may have with
instruction, expectations, and school policy.
Create sub-segments of the weekly assignments to help students
who’ve fallen behind academically to grasp at least part of the
curriculum.
Create an encouraging and challenging learning environment,
while providing students instructional-level choices and freedom
to act responsibly.
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5.
What do Hedi & Harackiewicz (2000) identify as
the two motivational variables that most impact
students’ academic achievement?
Interests and goals
Rewards and discipline
Fear of failure and societal approval
Parental involvement and student-teacher
connections
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The relationship
1. between motivation
and learning is:
linear.
tenuous.
curvilinear.
academically robust.
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2.
Researchers Fredericks, Blumenfield, & Paris suggest that student
engagement in learning takes place on what three levels?
Mental, physical, and spiritual
Mental, physical, and emotional
Behavioral, emotional, and mental
Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive
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3. What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
The hierarchy is the instructional equivalent of “the squeaky
wheel gets the grease.”
The concerns of principals and district administrators will receive
greater attention than the concerns of teachers and students.
Unless one’s basic physiological, safety, and love needs are met,
that person will be less likely to be concerned with achievement
and self-actualization.
The greater the educational needs demonstrated by a student
body, the more schools need to rely on scientifically based
research and data.
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4.
According to researcher Hanson, what are the four approaches that
students can be expected to take in regard to classroom tasks?
Engaging, dissembling, evading, and rejecting
Consideration, exploration, experimentation, and adoption
Denial, rationalization, displacement, and acceptance
Exploration, rationalization, consideration, and adoption
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5.
What items are considered in a
SWOT analysis?
Security, weaknesses,
options, and trust
Strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and trust
Strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats
Scientifically based
research, widely applied
knowledge, options, and
theoretical assessment
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Based on the Hidi & Harackiewicz
(2000) definition of a mastery
performance goal, which of the
1.
following evaluation techniques would
support a mastery approach to
learning?
Giving a comprehensive
unit test and grading
students on a curve
Having definite right and
wrong answers, so
students can be fairly
evaluated
Making the unit exam a
mixture of short-essay,
multiple-choice, and fill-inthe-blank
Allowing students to
resubmit their solutions to
a case study based on new
findings
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2.
What are the three types of engagement that educators can use to
motivate students?
Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive
Behavioral, intrinsic, and mastery
Intrinsic, extrinsic, and performance
Mastery, performance, and competition
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Scenario for Questions 3-5:
It didn’t take long for Belinda Gomez to realize she had her work cut out
for her with Dylan Collins. From the first day, he demonstrated no
interest in her classroom lectures. It also seemed inappropriately
punitive to his partners when he was assigned collaborative projects, as
3. Dylan would provide no constructive input, and in fact, would more
likely be central in the group’s wasting their limited time together by
cracking jokes and generally disrupting all attempts to focus on the
assigned task.
According to the lecture and the Frydenberg, Ainley, & Russell article,
what basic qualities of motivation does Dylan lack?
Energy and vision
Concern and vision
Energy and direction
Self-esteem and direction
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Ms. Gomez set a conference to talk with Dylan about his lack of effort in
her social studies class. Dylan was direct: “This class has absolutely no
4. meaning for me and my life, and I would flunk this class even if I did
care.”
According to the lecture, what is a likely outcome should Dylan’s
attitude persist?
He will need to repeat the class.
He will become passive or may harbor anger and alienation.
His behavior will lower the performance of his classmates.
He will seek direction from a source other than academics.
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According to the lecture and Motivation Theory, what does Ms. Gomez
5. need to accomplish to modify Dylan’s attitude in regard to her class and
the educational process?
Instill a higher level of confidence, as well as higher value for the
class.
Make the curriculum more culturally relevant; enlist the help of
his parents.
Implement firm, but fair discipline; establish a series of rewards
for incremental achievement gains.
Establish bonds with classmates through collaboration, and
schedule weekly tutorials.
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