It is all about theories on affecting motivation

1. Theories On
Factors Affecting
Motivation

2. Attribution theory
• This theory explains our successes or failures or
other events to several factors.
(popularity to your popular parents or to your own
sterling academic performances; poor economic
condition or to the vices of your father.)

3. Three ways

4. 1. Locus (place)
-Internal versus external.
2.Stability
-Stable versus unstable.
3.Controllability
-Controllable versus uncontrollable.

5. Self-efficacy theory
A sense of high self-efficacy means a high sense of
competence. Self-efficacy is the belief that one has
the necessary capabilities to perform a task, to
fulfill role expectations, or meet a challenging
situation successfully.

6. Self efficacy- Enhancing strategies
• Make sure students master the basic skills.
• Help them to make noticeable progress difficult
tasks.
• Communicate confidence in students’ abilities
through both words and actions.
• Expose them successful peers.

7. Other recommendations
• Provide competence-promoting feedback.
• Promote mastery on challenging tasks.
• Promote self-comparison rather than comparison
with others.
• Be sure errors occur within an overall context of
success.

8. Self-determination and self
regulation theories

9. Self-determination
• Present rules & instructions in an informational
manner rather than controlling manner.
• Provide opportunities for students to make
choices.
• Evaluate student performance in a non-controlling
fashion.

10. What are indicators of self-
regulation

11. • Set standards for oneself
• Monitor and evaluate one’s own
behavior against such standards
• Impose consequences on oneself for
one’s successes or failures.
(Omrod, 2004)

12. Following processes:
• Goal-setting.
• Planning.
• Attention control.
• Application of learning strategies.
• Self-monitoring.
• Self-evaluation.

13. Choice Theory
Bob Sullo (2007)
*4 Basic psychological needs:
• Belonging or connecting
• Power or competence
• Freedom
• Fun

15. Goal theory

16. • Learning goals versus performance goals
-Learning goal
“desire to acquire additional knowledge or master
new skills.”
-Performance goal
“desire to look good and receive favorable
judgments from others or else look bad and
receive unfavorable judgments.”

17. • Self-determined goals
-personally relevant goals and self-determined goals
enhance a student’s motivation.
• Goal Setting
Major elements:
1. goal acceptance
2. Specifity
3. Challenge
4. Performance monitoring
5. Performance feedback.

18. Lesson objectives:
SMART
(specific, measurable, attainable, result oriented
and time bound) and challenging.