Students' Academic Motivations in Allied Health Classes
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
2011
Abstract or Description
Presented at SoTL Virtual Expo
This session will describe a two-semester research project investigating students’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for taking large, introductory anatomy and physiology classes. These classes enroll students from many different majors, each of which require the course for different reasons. This provides an excellent opportunity to study differential student motivation and the impact of those differences on student academic behaviors and performance. Session objectives include discussing the results of this project and its implications for faculty in understanding student motivations as contributing factors to student success. Attendees can expect to learn about the Student Learning Theory of Motivation, ways to operationalize the Academic Motivation Scale, and the relationship between students’ motivations and academic behaviors and performance.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
SoTL Virtual Expo
Location
Virtual
Source
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ctls-expo/10/
Recommended Citation
Maurer, Trent W., Deborah Allen, Delena Gatch, Padmini Shankar, Diana Sturges.
2011.
"Students' Academic Motivations in Allied Health Classes."
School of Human Ecology Faculty Presentations.
Presentation 477.
source: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ctls-expo/10/
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ecology-facpres/477
