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November 10, 2005
Motivation Theory
Svinicki also discussed the work of Dweck and Elliot (A Socio-Cognitive Perspective on Motivation), which describes four different learning orientations:
Mastery: I want to learn (or 'I want to become a great skier, knitter, writer, weaver, stock picker, or scuba diver')
Performance approach: I want to succeed (or 'Will this be on the test?')
Performance avoidance: I don't want to fail (or 'I just hope I don't get the worst exam score')
Strategic effort: I want the biggest bang for the buck (or 'Hmmm. Looks like a guest lecturer, guess I'll skip class')
Posted by DavidK at November 10, 2005 07:22 PM | Permalink