Assignment

Directions:

Write a short-answer, 1- to 2-paragraph response (250-350 words) that reflects your learning this week. Where applicable, be sure to include references to the required Learning Resources and examples from your own experience.

Use MS Word or a compatible word-processing software suite such as OpenOffice to write your responses. Submit your answers to the questions in one ".doc" or ".rtf" file.

Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are answering.

Explain differences between mastery goals and performance goals in terms of attributions of self-efficacy, affective outcomes, cognitive outcomes, and behavioral outcomes.

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 5, "Goals and Goal Orientations"
Document: Evaluation Worksheet

Media:

Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Motivation and learning: Jillian's story [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 16 minutes.

This program follows a college student's journey of self-discovery. As you view, take notes on the various ways in which Jillian's behaviors and decisions reflect the information presented in Chapter 5 on goals and goal orientations. You will conduct an analysis of Jillian's story for this week's Discussion.