student motivation peer facilitator workshop donna l. pattison, phd instructional professor...
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Student Motivation
Peer Facilitator Workshop
Donna L. Pattison, PhDInstructional Professor
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Motivational Quotes that Keep You Moving…We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
-Aristotle
When you do what you’ve always done, you’ll be where you’ve always been.
If you’re early, you’re on time; if you’re on time, you’re late and if you’re late you’re (running laps, failing the exam, unemployed).
Leave your baggage on the sideline with the cases. For the next 2 hours, you can’t do anything about your girlfriend, boyfriend, exam, job, etc. So focus on what you’re here to do.
-L. Richmond Sparks Band Director
Quote of the Day…
Why do teachers post these in classrooms?
How do you adapt the strategy for the college setting?
Set Smart Goals
1. Specific2. Measurable3. Action oriented4. Realistic 5. Timely
http://www.las.uh.edu/lss/study-strategies-handouts.aspx; retrieved 2/14/2013
Task Value
1. Try to relate the material to something that is relevant to you.
2. Try to identify with the people teaching the material. Why is it interesting to them?
Self-Efficacy
1. Guess what grade you will get on homework/quizzes, etc.
2. Don’t be tricked by “It’s an easy course, an easy prof…”
3. Assess your own learning. What do you REALLY know and can recall vs. “well, it made perfect sense when I read it in the book”.
Responsibility
Who is responsible for your learning?
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink……