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April 8: Motivation and Persistence (Session 8) Panelists: Avi Kaplan, Ricarose Roque, Natalie Rusk
Readings in Preparation for Session 8: * Carol Dweck (2000): Self-Theories (Chapters 1-3) * Daniel Pink (2009): Drive video clip  and Motivation 3.0 interview (author of Drive) * Paul Tough (2012): This American Life radio program (author of How Children Succeed) * Edited by Natalie Rusk (2013): Notes on Motivation: Designing Environments to Support a Learning Goal Orientation
Activity: Tell about something you’ve worked on that you felt was meaningful and motivating. Explain what made you feel motivated. If you were designing a learning experience or environment, what would you do to help others feel motivated and engaged?
Additional Resources: * Mitch Resnick (2012):Â Still a Badge Skeptic. HASTAC blog
* Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown (2011): Sam’s Story from A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of
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Pink on Drive:
- Autonomy
- Mastery
- Purpose
This American Life: Back to School
Current edu emphasis on cognitive development
Other skills - James Heckman:
- tenacity
- resilience
- impulse control
Stress blocks learning
non cognitive skills can be taught at any time.
ask for help - "no shame in my game"
USA has highest college drop out rate in the world
make poor highly capable
My activity: Yoga.
Avi Kaplan - temple univ. motivation study. What is purpose for motivation of
student.
Mitch story on motivation - camp trip stories. experience vs. measurable goal.
beauty of learning experience vs. accumulating badges.
Natalie - how do people keeping going when failure & frustration. Keep going
if core is learning goal (develop abilities, improve self)
Ricarose Roque - Scratchers starting co-labs. site decided to support co-labs
with contest. co-lab challenge --> co-lab camp. Promote constructive
feedback.
Issue: competition as motivator.
Mitch: how to design to give recognition with out it becoming point system. how
to foster constructive feedback. develop identity and roles (advisor, guide).
Sources of Intrinsic Motivation:
Competence - Purpose - Autonomy - Belonging
(e.g. Deci & Ryan, 2000; Turner et. al. 2011)
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