Adolescent Student MotivationAdolescent Student Motivation

• What are the motivations of students who do well in school?

• What factors affect these motivations?

Eileen Friday

Current Cultural DrivesCurrent Cultural Drives

• National Year 2000 Goals

• National School-to-Work Goals

• Florida Sunshine State Standards

• Performance Based School Funding

• School Improvement Committee Goals

• New Teacher Evaluation Process

Cultural Goals Don’t Determine Cultural Goals Don’t Determine Student GoalsStudent Goals

Students are failing.

Students are dropping out of high school before graduating.

Student Academic GoalsStudent Academic Goals

• Mastery: to learn or master a subject for intrinsic rewards

• Extrinsic or performance: to gain a reward or avoid a consequence

• Relative: to be seen as good in relation to others

• Pro-social: social competence• Responsibility: moral competence

Student Self-ImageStudent Self-Image

• Am I a good student?

• Am I okay socially?

• Is my learning up to me, or is it outside my control?

• How do I appear to others?

• What do I expect of myself?

Student RelationshipsStudent Relationships

• Family

• Peers

• Teachers

• Do they care?

• Are they supportive?

• What are their values?

Factors Affecting OutcomesFactors Affecting Outcomes

FamilySupport

Peer Support TeacherSupport

FamilyExpectations

Peer RoleModels

Clarity AboutClass Rules

CognitiveSelf-Image

Social Self-Image

Class Pacing

Interest inClass

TeachingStrategies

ClassDifficulty

Hints for TeachersHints for Teachers

• Have mastery goals for class.

• Relationships matter! • Build cognitive self-

esteem.

Web Sites to VisitWeb Sites to Visit

• Suggested reading list for EDF 7232: http://reach.ucf.edu/~edf7232/weiner.html

• A page for parents: http://www.mnea.org/100.html

• Sports and achievement: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/achieve.htm

• Disconnected youth: http://www.urban.org/pubs/disconec.htm

• An ERIC site: list and links: http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/mot-gen.html

• Child Development Institute: http://www.cdipage.com/brain.htm

• Florida Sunshine State Standards: http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/sss.htm