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Mr. Higgins’ Blog » Blog Archive » ClustrMaps as Student Motivation
A great description from a teacher of how his students are motivated by the ClustrMap on his class website, including how it inspires them to look up places on Google Earth
20 reasons why students should blog « On an e-journey with generation Y
A nice summary of reasons for students to blog. Even if you don't agree with everything (for example, the digital natives bit in #16), this is a good place to start answering the question.
Steve Stander :: Blog :: Blogging & Motivation: Psychology of Language Learning
Looking at blogging as a way to motivate students to write through the lens of Determination Theory (Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness), examining how to generate and maintain motivation. Also discusses an inquiry-based learning approach with blogging.
Blogs Give Students an Audience | Edutopia
Interview with an 8th grade teacher about how having an audience for their blog has motivated her students
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One thing that was surprising to the students and to me was the comments thanking the students. I think that was new for them, having someone appreciate that they did this work.
The Bamboo Project Blog: Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose
Interesting ideas about intrinsic motivation for both managers and instructional designers. Rather than rewards, instructional design should focus on motivating learners through autonomy, mastery, & performance.
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Rewards actually impede our problem-solving ability because they cause us to restrict our consideration of other ideas and to focus on only one or two ways to solve the problem. As one of the studies Dan references discovered, "once the task called for even rudimentary cognitive skill, (my emphasis) a larger reward led to poorer performance."
In a nutshell, rewards work for tasks where you don't have to think. As soon as you have to engage in any kind of thinking, rewards STOP WORKING.
Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students
Information from the Department of Education on how classroom technology encourages collaboration, supports complex tasks, and improves student motivation
Role Models in Educational Technology on Ada Lovelace Day | Janet Clarey
Extensive list of women in educational technology, including many bloggers. A number of new names for me here.
2¢ Worth » Working for Value
David Warlick shares stories of authentic assignments and how they motivate learners. Writing & creating for an authentic audience is different from creating content just for a teacher.
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When writing, let’s say, to the teacher, you are communicated to be evaluated. Assessment is the outcome, based on some set of expectations involving skills and/or knowledge.
However, when writing to an authentic audience, what you are trying to earn is not an evaluation (though there may be one coming in the process). What you are writing for is a response, and that response will be directed toward what you have invested in the work, not just the facts you have included or the skills you have demonstrated.
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Cellist of the Schoolyard
Story of the cellist of Sarajevo who played in the bombed out shells of neighborhoods. This would be a good story to replace the urban legend about Perlman currently used in our CM course.
From Degrading to De-Grading
Alfie Kohn on reasons to abolish the current grading system in favor of authentic assessment to focus on learning, rather than grading. Includes a number of citations that would be worth exploring.
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Researchers have found three consistent effects of using
– and especially, emphasizing the importance of – letter or number grades:
1. Grades tend to reduce students’ interest in the
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2. Grades tend to reduce students’ preference for
challenging tasks. - 1 more annotations...
Learning through Blogging: Graduate Student Experiences
eLearn Magazine on one instructor's experiences using blogs with graduate students. He found that blogs were very motivating for students and helped them learn and reflect. His experience with blogs was very positive.
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In reality, most students write many more entries than the minimum required. They also read each other's entries, and comment on them, as do I as the instructor. While the blog writing is motivated as a class assignment, student enthusiasm for the activity is contagious: Once a critical mass of active student bloggers is established (and of course, there are some who steadfastly refuse to have anything to do with it, incentives and penalties notwithstanding), off they go!
ASCD: The Perils and Promises of Praise
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Motivation in students is connected to whether students view intelligence as a fixed aspect or something they can work to improve. The type of praise given (for intelligence or for process/hard work), affects how students view intelligence and therefore their motivation.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-10-30
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Some students believe that their intellectual ability is a fixed trait. They have a certain amount of intelligence, and that's that. Students with this fixed mind-set become excessively concerned with how smart they are, seeking tasks that will prove their intelligence and avoiding ones that might not (Dweck, 1999, 2006). The desire to learn takes a backseat.
Other students believe that their intellectual ability is something they can develop through effort and education. They don't necessarily believe that anyone can become an Einstein or a Mozart, but they do understand that even Einstein and Mozart had to put in years of effort to become who they were. When students believe that they can develop their intelligence, they focus on doing just that.
LC Interviews Dr. Michael Allen
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"Down with Boring E-Learning!" Interview with Michael Allen for Learning Circuits. Covers instructional design, boring e-learning, evaluating effectiveness, and common misunderstandings of e-learning.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-10-29
Enhancing the motivation of African American students: An achievement goal theory perspective Journal of Negro Education, The - Find Articles
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Research on using achievement goal theory to improve motivation among minorities in schools.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-07-03
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Studies suggest that schools which emphasize task goals-the engagement in academic tasks for the purpose of learning and improving-are more conducive to Black students' academic success and well-being than are those that emphasize ego goals-engagement for the purpose of excelling and besting others.
Cross-Cultural Motivation
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Provides an overview of various motivation theories, including some discussion on how these theories reflect American culture and values.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-07-03
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Most
motivation theories in use today were developed in the United States by
Americans and about Americans. Of those that were not, many have been strongly
influenced by American theoretical work. Americans' strong emphasis on
individualism has led to the expectancy and equity theories of motivation:
theories that emphasize rational, individual thought as the primary basis of
human behavior. The emphasis placed on achievement is not surprising given
Americans' willingness to accept risk and their high concern for performance.
The theories therefore do not offer universal explanations of motivation;
rather, they reflect the values system of Americans.
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