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2017 Spring – Session 2

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


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