Session 2:
Thursday April 27, 2017 at 1:50pm in M391
Motivation as the driving force behind self-regulated learning strategies– In this session, we will discuss how motivation is an especially important force driving the use of beneficial self-regulated learning strategies. Motivation is determined by the study presented in the reading below to be an important force for developing self-regulated learning in underperforming students. We will discuss methods of inspiring motivation in the classroom (as outline in the URL below).
Reading: The differential impact of motivation on the self-regulated strategy use of high- and low-achieving college students.
C. VanZile-Tamsen and J. A. Livingston (1999) J. of College Student Development Vol. 40(1):54-60. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232503812)
Also, please see advice on how to improve motivation in the classrom at: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/affective/motivation.html