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What impact do motivational strategies have on failing students achievement?

What impact do motivational strategies have on failing students achievement?. Work in Progress Presentation Mary DiMaggio 7/3/09. Background. Inspiration Student perception Student reality Help emergent learners Help others stay motivated. Purpose.

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What impact do motivational strategies have on failing students achievement?

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  1. What impact do motivational strategies have on failing students achievement? Work in Progress Presentation Mary DiMaggio 7/3/09

  2. Background • Inspiration • Student perception • Student reality • Help emergent learners • Help others stay motivated

  3. Purpose • Why do some students excel academically while others struggle to pass? • What drives some students to learn and appreciate the course materials? • Why do some kids study and others do not?

  4. Studying Motivational Strategies Used by Two Differently Tracked Science Courses by Melanie Pickens and Eick Charles

  5. Classroom Motivational Strategies of First Year Teachers by Timothy Newby (1991) • Multiple motivational strategies used to monitor on task behavior.

  6. Enhancing Student Motivation: Make Learning Interesting and Relevant by Edward Hootstein • The four main motivational strategies discussed • Student curiosity • Relevance • Challenge • Student control/choice • Takeaway: Kids vary…make it interesting and real

  7. Cognitive Abilities and Motivational Processes in High School Students Situational Engagement and Achievement in Science by Lau and Roeser • Cogitative ability and Motivation are linked to test scores. • The two most important motivational factors include: Self-efficacy and relevance

  8. Skill and Will: the Role of Motivation and Cognition in Learning of College Chemistry by Zusho and Pintrich • Students motivation declined over time. • Prior achievement in math, self-efficacy, task value, and mastery goals were the best predictors of final course grades

  9. Context and Activity Setting • North High School • Two courses • General Chemistry • Applied Chemistry • All grade levels • Majority 10th -11th grade

  10. Demographics

  11. Students with Disabilities

  12. Free and Reduced Lunch

  13. English Proficiency

  14. Data Collection • Already gathered: • Test scores • Math • Science • Additional data needed • Student Surveys • Observations • Final Grades

  15. Data Analysis • Is there a correlation between prior math and science grades and chemistry achievement? • What kinds of motivational strategies were found to be most effective with failing students? • What role does student attitude about science and self-efficacy have on performance?

  16. Data Sharing/Presentation • Administrators • Other teachers • PLCs • Classroom Aide • Parents/students • District?

  17. Timeline • 1st semester • Previous math and science test scores • Initial student survey • Observations • Identification of emergent learners • 2nd semester • Start of 2nd survey • Observations • Final survey • Final grade

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