Exam 12: Motivation in Learning and Teaching

Ms.Jovanovic encourages her first graders to complete their reading assignment before lunch in order to receive a sticker.Which approach to motivation is she using?

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Nika is a failure-avoiding student.Her teachers have different ways of dealing with her.Which one of her teachers does NOT encourage self-worth?

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Mr.Cardot has been using a behavioral approach to motivation in his second grade classroom.He gives stickers for completing assignments,for answering questions correctly,and for other things like working quietly.He recently noticed that none of his students could answer questions about the setting of a story,but he had taught lessons about the setting and discussed the settings of several stories.Now that he is revisiting the setting,his students don't remember what they learned.What advice would you give Mr.Cardot about his approach to motivation?

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Suggested Response: Mr.Cardot is using a behavioral approach with stickers for rewards.This type of extrinsic approach is not the best approach for long-term learning.Mr.Cardot's students are most likely working for the stickers rather than working to learn.Mr.Cardot might try an approach to motivation that taps into students' interest in learning and focus on the learning goals rather than the stickers.If he uses a social cognitive approach,he will provide reasonably challenging tasks,provide support for students to help them succeed with the tasks,and help students see the value of the learning.By designing authentic tasks,he will increase the probably that students will be intrinsically motivated to learn and that they will be interested and remember the learning.

Which of the following strategies is LEAST likely to build student interests and curiosity in the subject.

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Question 4

Mr.Darnell walks around the classroom monitoring students as they work on the new skill of adding fractions.He stops at Ada's desk and praises her effort and persistence.Ada has been struggling to understand fractions,but is using the manipulatives to try to get the right answers.Her answer is wrong,but her explanation of her process is on target.Why does Mr.Darnell praise Ada even though her answer is wrong?

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Question 5

According to cognitive evaluation theory,which of the following classroom events is most likely to increase students' intrinsic motivation to learn?

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Question 6

Brenden is a student in Mrs.O'Donnell's high school algebra class.He barely passed math last year and knows he won't be able to succeed in algebra.He says he doesn't have the brains to do math no matter how much he works at it.The teacher offers to help him after school,but Brenden says it won't help.He's tried tutors before.Brenden's beliefs about himself illustrate:

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Question 7

Suppose you are teaching eighth grade math to a small class of nine students who perform below grade level.Most of these students attribute their failure to unchangeable factors and exhibit self-handicapping strategies.In essence,these eighth graders function in failure-avoiding mode.You want to help them change their thinking and create a culture of learning among these students - keep them from reaching a state of failure acceptance.Describe what you will do to achieve this goal.Address students' view of ability,attributions for successes/failures,and self-efficacy for doing math tasks.

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Question 8

When is Evan MOST likely to experience academic anxiety in the classroom?

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Question 9

Which of the following students appears to demonstrate performance avoidance goals?

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Question 10

Ms.Rios went to a professional development seminar and learned about meeting students' need for autonomy.She realizes that she has used controlling teaching behaviors with her fourth grade students.Now she believes that students' motivation is influenced by their need for autonomy.What might she do to provide appropriate levels of autonomy for her students?

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Question 11

Which of the following teachers is using strategies that encourage student motivation?

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Question 12

Kai's goal for her history assignment is to learn as much as she can about Navajo Indian culture by reading books and Internet sources and then visit the reservation near her hometown in New Mexico.Kai's goal orientation for this assignment is:

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Question 13

Which type of goals is most likely to enhance motivation and persistence?

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Question 14

In which of the following situations is success attributed to stable causes?

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Question 15

Think about students' needs in the classroom.Based on studies,which of the following high school teachers is most likely to have students with greater conceptual learning and higher school attendance?

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Question 16

Mr.Chen is beginning his second year of teaching sixth grade in a low-income area.He has always been driven by goals and is trying to help his students learn to set and achieve goals,but his students didn't respond well to his performance goal orientation last year.Mr.Chen recently revisited his educational psychology text from college and read the chapter about motivation.Now he wants to change the goal orientation for his teaching and help his students work toward mastery goals.What should he do to achieve this goal?

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Question 17

Which of the following teachers is taking a humanistic approach to motivation?

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Question 18

Which of the following students appears to be intrinsically motivated?

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Question 19

Jana practiced her lines for the play and watched movies in which gifted actors portrayed characters similar to her character in the high school play.After her performance,her teacher and other adults and students told her she gave a stellar performance.She said she worked really hard to develop the character's wacky disposition.She attributed her success to:

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Ms.Jovanovic encourages her first graders to complete their reading assignment before lunch in order to receive a sticker.Which approach to motivation is she using?

Nika is a failure-avoiding student.Her teachers have different ways of dealing with her.Which one of her teachers does NOT encourage self-worth?

Which of the following strategies is LEAST likely to build student interests and curiosity in the subject.

According to cognitive evaluation theory,which of the following classroom events is most likely to increase students' intrinsic motivation to learn?

When is Evan MOST likely to experience academic anxiety in the classroom?

Which of the following students appears to demonstrate performance avoidance goals?

Which of the following teachers is using strategies that encourage student motivation?

Kai's goal for her history assignment is to learn as much as she can about Navajo Indian culture by reading books and Internet sources and then visit the reservation near her hometown in New Mexico.Kai's goal orientation for this assignment is:

Which type of goals is most likely to enhance motivation and persistence?

In which of the following situations is success attributed to stable causes?

Think about students' needs in the classroom.Based on studies,which of the following high school teachers is most likely to have students with greater conceptual learning and higher school attendance?

Which of the following teachers is taking a humanistic approach to motivation?

Which of the following students appears to be intrinsically motivated?

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