From of expectancy value (- costs) = motivation, though to Dietrich et al., (2019) and onto the introduction of Tanaka and Murayama (2014) care of Bridgid Finn @Bridgidfinn. Tanaka and Murayama (2014) focused on within-person motivation and three predictions. mastery-approach …
After spending two weeks reflecting upon expectancy value theory and observing how individuals approach learning, I found myself applying a “motivational equation” to the context of my lessons, expectancy x value (- costs) = motivation, as swift pre-action calculation. I added …
Why should teachers be interested in expectancy and value ratings? Expectancy and value ratings have been shown to predict learner effort and performance on learning tasks and tests. Research has shown that there is an indirect effect of perceived importance …
A week ago I had the privilege of meeting with Bridgid Finn (Senior Research Scientist, ETS – the world’s largest private educational testing and measurement organization). After a series of email exchanges exploring interactions between motivation and cognition we meet …
In case you missed the first post Getting it wrong helps to get it right, the point was, the act of retrieving information from long term memory benefits learning. Retrieval, even unsuccessful retrieval modifies that memory, promotes consolidation (storage), and …
Last week I stumbled upon the work of Prof Karl-Heinz Bäuml, Professor of Psychology at Regensburg University and wrote about how retrieval practice can “Revive forgotten memories.” From reading Bauml’s work, and that of Bernhard Pastötter, I have settled on …
For a while now, I have been wrestling with my own thoughts on the interaction challenge and motivation. In relfecting, I also considered the importance of pacing. Teaching is so messy, these three variants just the tip of the pedagogical …
Anyone else missing a few students from class this week? Year 10 and 11 boys in particular, as of November 13th? Can we expect some bleary eyed teenagers to return to class next week? [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/petewharmby/status/269785040488128512″] Let use the dollar figures shall we, …
