Student Motivation

Peer Facilitator Workshop

Donna L. Pattison, PhDInstructional Professor

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Motivational Quotes that Keep You Moving…

Share the ones you live by with your group.

Motivational Quotes that Keep You Moving…We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

-Aristotle

When you do what you’ve always done, you’ll be where you’ve always been.

If you’re early, you’re on time; if you’re on time, you’re late and if you’re late you’re (running laps, failing the exam, unemployed).

Leave your baggage on the sideline with the cases. For the next 2 hours, you can’t do anything about your girlfriend, boyfriend, exam, job, etc. So focus on what you’re here to do.

-L. Richmond Sparks Band Director

Quote of the Day…

Why do teachers post these in classrooms?

How do you adapt the strategy for the college setting?

Set Smart Goals

What are the characteristics of good goal setting?

The first and most important thing about goals is having one.

-Geoffrey Abert

Set Smart Goals

Set Smart Goals

1. Specific2. Measurable3. Action oriented4. Realistic 5. Timely

http://www.las.uh.edu/lss/study-strategies-handouts.aspx; retrieved 2/14/2013

Task Value

How do you find motivation when you are completely disinterested in the topic at hand?

Task Value

1. Try to relate the material to something that is relevant to you.

2. Try to identify with the people teaching the material. Why is it interesting to them?

How can you make studying the subject more interesting and engaging for yourself?

Interest and Engagement

1.Make a game out of it.2.Study with others.3.Other methods?

How do you measure self-efficacy accurately?

Self-Efficacy

1. Guess what grade you will get on homework/quizzes, etc.

2. Don’t be tricked by “It’s an easy course, an easy prof…”

3. Assess your own learning. What do you REALLY know and can recall vs. “well, it made perfect sense when I read it in the book”.

Responsibility

Who is responsible for your learning?

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink……

Accountability

How to you create an accountability “network” and

what is the value of it?

Accountability

1. Classmates2. Friends3. Family4. Teachers/TAs/Tutors5. Coach