Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/University student motivation

Case Study
I think you're chapter is looking really good, and it reads well. Grammar is also good. You mentioned adding in a table, and i found this post on moodle very useful and used it to add a table into my own chapter--JessicaClareHunt (discuss • contribs) 03:50, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

I think you've definitely hit the nail on the head with your case study! I wish I had the chance to read your chapter about two years ago! --U3072703 (discuss • contribs) 04:33, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Although this is still a working progress i can tell it is going to be a very intriguing topic - and one that I will continue to check up on for both scholarly and personal benefit. The case study is a great idea and i suggest that you keep running with it and utilise this concept within your book chapter. Goodluck. --JacquelineSpence (discuss • contribs) 09:06, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

structure and case study
Hi, Lauren, I noticed some small errors here and there, but have not edited them yet as I thought you would go through again soon as you finish your draft. Just some comments on your structure:

1. If you talk about the role of teacher, role of choice and role of students and controlled motivation in regards to student motivation, why not incorporate these topics in your case study at the beginning? Since your topic is specifically about uni students, ask the questions you want to answer at the beginning (kind of preparing the readers for what is to come). Do you know what I mean?

2. Organise your chapter around the key questions you are going to answer. Try asking questions in your headings rather than just phrases like self-determination theory, controlled motivation. Make the connection between these and student motivation clear. And it will be easier to follow. You have a good start! --Xlc (discuss • contribs) 08:57, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Lauren

I've made some small edits (mostly commas etc). I also changed the capital in 'university' in your title (I think it's being used as a noun in this case and doesn't need a cap). One of the suggestions I'd make would be to put some links in to other pages (ie, there is an 'amotivation' chapter - you could create a link in your paragraph to this chapter). You could also possibly put some examples of intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. You use SDT in one of the paragraphs but don't appear to have abbreviated it after the full term above (I'm sure you're on to this, but just in case...) It may read a little more smoothly if you put a sub-heading of 'Undermining effect' after the extrinsic motivation paragraph.

Overall, I think your chapter reads fairly well. I really liked that you linked case studies in regularly, it made for more interesting reading than just reading theories!

Chelsi CFD (discuss • contribs) 09:42, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I think this looks really great, there are a few wording errors within the text, which im happy to change for you. Also i thought it might be useful to add a tips section so uni students can use them or write them down to improve their motivation. --Hynes08 (discuss • contribs) 00:43, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

what about goals?
hey lauren, I just gave you a massive comment and then lost it all because the 'save' didn't work, so I will now be brief.

- looking at the role that goals play in our motivation to study at uni could be really interesting, you could even just add it as a case study discussion, comparing why we would go to uni as opposed to work in a factory, for example.

- I know you're still working on it, but a bit more interaction would be nice, check out this tute handout for an interactive activityuniversity student tutorial handout, also maybe adding some more images and perhaps colour

- from my own research i know that approach and avoidance motivation is a massive area, check out thisapproach-avoidance motivation paper

- from the chapter guidelines it says we need to make it suitable for a layperson to understand, so i'm wondering whether some of your language is a bit academic, perhaps have someone read it that isn't a psych student (family or friend?) that can tell you whether they don't understand some of the terminology, then you can look at simplifying those aspects.

looks really good so far...goodluck! Smelle24 (discuss • contribs) 07:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Cultural factors
Im not sure if you want to add this, but an important motivation for university students comes from their culture. For example - in Asian culture, they are often striving for social approval.

Also, family values are often influenced by culture. Education is often coveted in families (particularly western) and this could be a motivation?

anyway, just an idea smile

http://zh9bf5sp6t.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&auinit=FS&aulast=Niles&atitle=Cultural+differences+in+learning+motivation+and+learning+strategies:+A+comparison+of+overseas+and+Australian+students+at+an+Australian+university&id=doi:10.1016/0147-1767(94)00025-S&title=International+journal+of+intercultural+relations&volume=19&issue=3&date=1995&spage=369&issn=0147-1767

http://jsi.sagepub.com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/content/11/3-4/290

(if you can't get these free through these links, just copy the titles too google scholar and make sure its linked to UC!)

--U3084587 (discuss • contribs) 09:47, 21 October 2014 (UTC) u3084587

APA style captions for images and tables
I recommend using APA style captions i.e., Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. for all images, graphs etc. and Table 1, Table 2 etc. for all tables. The caption text should not be in italics. For more detail and examples, see http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/content.php?pid=113807&sid=1208571 -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:50, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

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