The Alignment Of Student Motivation
University of Oklahoma
With having to manage time, making sure assignments get in on time and staying current on class discussions, studying online can become challenging. That is why when a student achieves in their classes, they tend to feel pretty good about themselves. Sometimes this pushes the student to achieve higher goals within their schooling, such as making the honor roll, or carrying a certain GPA. But what gets an individual going and starting to work at these goals? Motivation! Motivation is defined as “the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way” (Motivation, 2013) When an individual sets a goal, the individual needs to have the initiative to motivate their …show more content…
The reason comes down to that intrinsic motivation is normally a short term motivation. In most cases when there is intrinsic motivation, there is an outside source that is pressuring an individual to go to school. Until that individual finds another motive (and extrinsically) to go to school, their energy with the motivation is going to be lost quickly. With extrinsic motivation, there is not this issue and an individual doesn’t have any outside sources pressuring them to do the activity. In the article Student Motivation and the Alignment of Teacher Beliefs it states that “Two major influences on students’ intrinsic motivation is their individual interest, which is a child’s inherent desire to learn certain concepts, and situational interest, which are environmental factors that generate interest.” (Weisman, …show more content…
(2009, August 19). Study finds that online education beats the classroom. Retrieved from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/?_r=0
Motivation. (Accessed 2013, December 8). Retrieved from www.dictionary.com
Robinson, K. (2013). The interrelationship of emotion and cognition when students undertake collaborative group work online: An interdisciplinary approach. Computers & Education, 62298-307. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2012.11.003
Sansone, C., Fraughton, T., Zachary, J., Butner, J., & Heiner, C. (2011). Self-regulation of motivation when learning online: the importance of who, why and how. Educational Technology Research & Development, 59(2), 199-212. doi:10.1007/s11423-011-9193-6
Self-determination(Accessed 2013, December 8) Retrieved from www.dictionary.com
Tseng, S., & Tsai, C. (2010). Taiwan college students ' self-efficacy and motivation of learning in online peer assessment environments. Internet & Higher Education, 13(3), 164-169. doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.01.001
What factors affect a student 's self-efficacy?. (2013, December 13). Retrieved from
With having to manage time, making sure assignments get in on time and staying current on class discussions, studying online can become challenging. That is why when a student achieves in their classes, they tend to feel pretty good about themselves. Sometimes this pushes the student to achieve higher goals within their schooling, such as making the honor roll, or carrying a certain GPA. But what gets an individual going and starting to work at these goals? Motivation! Motivation is defined as “the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way” (Motivation, 2013) When an individual sets a goal, the individual needs to have the initiative to motivate their …show more content…
The reason comes down to that intrinsic motivation is normally a short term motivation. In most cases when there is intrinsic motivation, there is an outside source that is pressuring an individual to go to school. Until that individual finds another motive (and extrinsically) to go to school, their energy with the motivation is going to be lost quickly. With extrinsic motivation, there is not this issue and an individual doesn’t have any outside sources pressuring them to do the activity. In the article Student Motivation and the Alignment of Teacher Beliefs it states that “Two major influences on students’ intrinsic motivation is their individual interest, which is a child’s inherent desire to learn certain concepts, and situational interest, which are environmental factors that generate interest.” (Weisman, …show more content…
(2009, August 19). Study finds that online education beats the classroom. Retrieved from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/?_r=0
Motivation. (Accessed 2013, December 8). Retrieved from www.dictionary.com
Robinson, K. (2013). The interrelationship of emotion and cognition when students undertake collaborative group work online: An interdisciplinary approach. Computers & Education, 62298-307. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2012.11.003
Sansone, C., Fraughton, T., Zachary, J., Butner, J., & Heiner, C. (2011). Self-regulation of motivation when learning online: the importance of who, why and how. Educational Technology Research & Development, 59(2), 199-212. doi:10.1007/s11423-011-9193-6
Self-determination(Accessed 2013, December 8) Retrieved from www.dictionary.com
Tseng, S., & Tsai, C. (2010). Taiwan college students ' self-efficacy and motivation of learning in online peer assessment environments. Internet & Higher Education, 13(3), 164-169. doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.01.001
What factors affect a student 's self-efficacy?. (2013, December 13). Retrieved from