Application Assignment: Interview and Summary

Last week you developed questions for the project participant interview you will conduct this week. Review your questions to make any necessary revisions, and feel free to add questions based on your learning this week about social cognitive theory, perhaps with regard to models, self-efficacy, or social motivation. Then, meet with your participant and conduct the interview. Be sure to take comprehensive notes during the interview and/or audio record the conversation.

After the interview, prepare a summary of the individual's situation. Begin by providing background information, such as the task or goal that is not being achieved, how long the person has been experiencing a lack of motivation, the effects of the decrease in motivation, etc. Then, describe previous attempts the individual made to regain motivation and the results of those efforts. Feel free to include additional relevant information gained from the interview. In Week 4 you will determine possible causes of your participant's lack of motivation based on your increasing knowledge about motivation theory and research.

Assignment length: 2-3 pages

Resources to use:

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week's media resources, please use the streaming media player below.

Required Readings

Course Text: Motivation in Education: Theory, Research and Applications

Chapter 4, "Social Cognitive Theory"

Media

Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Motivation and learning: Modeling a love of reading [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 13 minutes.

In this episode of "The Motivators," the topic of reading reluctance is tackled as our experts discuss what it means to be a lover of books and reading. As you view this video, jot down comments made by the teachers and actions they took in the classroom that reflect various aspects of social cognitive theory presented in Chapter 4 of the course text. You will use this information to complete this week's Discussion.