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Guest post by Mattias Lundmark on Self-Determination Theory (Vansteenkiste, Lens & Deci; 2006)!

September 11, 2024

“Motivation is left, right and centre in learning. Self Determination Theory’s (SDT) is one of the main theories of motivation, and its two founders, Ryan and Deci, are number 6…

Helping students connect disciplinary concepts with the real world is helping them learn

August 13, 2024

I’ve claimed that for years (for example with wave watching, with active lunch breaks, with tweeting about course content), but now I read the current iEarth Journal Club article that…

Preparing my workshop on how learning works

September 23, 2015

As you know, I’m preparing a workshop for teaching assistants in mechanical engineering at Dresden University of Technology. And even though I’ve given similar workshops successfully more than once before, it…

And even more on motivation

September 21, 2015

Last week we talked about motivation quite a bit: First about why do students engage in academic tasks?, then about how motivation is proportional to the expectation of achieving a…

Motivation proportional to the expectation of achieving a goal?

September 16, 2015

In the last post I talked about a paper on “Motivating Learners: A Primer for Engineering Teaching Assistants” by Torres-Ayala and Herman (2012). Today, I want to present a different…

Motivation: dangle a carrot rather than threaten with a whip!

September 14, 2015

Why do students engage in academic tasks? Next week I am giving a workshop on teaching large classes at TU Dresden. I gave a similar workshop there in spring, but…

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Guest post by Mattias Lundmark on Self-Determination Theory (Vansteenkiste, Lens & Deci; 2006)!

Helping students connect disciplinary concepts with the real world is helping them learn

Preparing my workshop on how learning works

And even more on motivation

Motivation proportional to the expectation of achieving a goal?

Motivation: dangle a carrot rather than threaten with a whip!

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