This document discusses using self-assessment to maintain motivation in a dynamic classroom environment. It defines key concepts like motivation, autonomy, and complexity. It also discusses how theories of self-assessment and motivation can be applied in classroom practice. Examples of self-assessment techniques are given, like attendance, participation, and presentations. The document encourages reflection on maintaining student motivation and autonomy through various assessment strategies.
4. I say unto you: one must still have
chaos in oneself to be able to give
birth to a dancing star. I say unto
you: you still have chaos in
yourselves
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
5. People are more self-determined if..
Autonomy
Competence
Relatedness
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Editor's Notes
Hello. My name is Richard Pinner. I’m a full time assist prof soph, pt adjunct lect tufs, pt phd warwick, father of 2 yr old evil genius and loving owner of a big biiiig dog called pippin.
Using self-assessment to foster autonomy and help maintain motivation through greater personal investment in the learning and assessment process. Complex Systems theory is put into the context of practitioner research and contextualised through a narrative. I attempt to show how theory and practice are interdependent.
Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realised. (Wikipedia)
Old and simple view of two types of motivation. Then Self-System. Now complex/chaos
Chaos Complexity
This is a diagram of a Lorenz attractor. Lorenz is famous meteorologist, this thing looks a bit like a butterfly but the butterfly effect name is mystery
Integrqtive and instrumental and ref better expl…
Relatedness = social aspect. Relate to other people, but also could be authentic – reflect real use
Autonomy – sheep re benson.
How do teachers mix compex concepts like autonomy motivation etc…
Motivation fluctuates over time. Autonomy will also not be constant. So MAINTENANCE is vital to success. That was the basic premise underpinning this approach to assessment. I teach the way I want to learn, I teach the way I believe and so that means I focus on these abstract concepts and I make them, almost like, my educational GOAL for each class.
To have motivation and automomy working together you need to give it over to the students which means trusting them.
Self-report grades 1/138 effect size of d1.44
I do have data about this, I don’t yet have any stats or anything but this is an ongoing study. It is exploratory practice but I would be interested to know what YOU would like to see, what kind of data or how I should present this study or write it up as a study.
Should be relevant to others, although how you authenticate this story is really up to you.