Module
Module
Module 20
affecting motivation
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Introduction
In module 19, you learned that intrinsic motivation is far better than extrinsic
motivation. By all means then, let us help develop intrinsic motivation in our students.
Activity
Here are some quotations. Read and explain each of them. Do you
agree or disagree?
“ Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price for
their dreams to come true”.
“Success is that old ABC- ability, breaks, and courage.”
Charles Luckman
“ Sweat plus sacrifice equals success”
Charles O. Finley
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Construct a True-False type of test to evaluate the first objective of this Module
then exchange tests with your learning partner for you to answer. Discuss your
answers and scores with your learning partner.
2. Between learning goal and performance goal, with which type do you identify
yourself? Explain your answer.
3. To what factors do great men and women attribute their success? It is to
personal factors like ability and effort or to situational factors such as to difficulty
of the task and impact of luck?
4. “Success has many fathers; failure of defeat is an orphan.” How does this
general behavior relate to self-esteem?
5. Do attributions always reflect the true state of affairs? Or can we have
something like false attributions? Explain you answer.
6. How does Maslow’s need theory compare with Glasser’s choice theory and that
of Alderfer’s E-R-G need theory? Do research on these.
7. Authors warn us to avoid simple attributions, meaning not to attribute success or
failure just to one factor only. Why so?
8. Why do people tend to attribute their success to internal causes and their failures
to external causes?
9. Surf the internet to the expectancy model of motivation. Find out how this
relates to the other theories on motivations such as self-efficacy theory.
10. Research on teacher qualities that increase motivation to learn.
Application
Assessment Task/s
1. Develop a game to test if each one in the class can explain the 6 theories on the
sources of motivation and cite at least one learning application of each.