learning and motivation unit three (week 14)
Grit \n Interest
- what has the role of interest been in what you do extracurricularly
- not a lot of effort put into joining clubs and stuff
- crocheting - not very good but still work hard
- always looking for new projects that you can successfully complete
- prioritize, spend more time, doesn’t feel like work
- how did this develop?
- wanted to make the harry styles sweater for anielle
- under quarantine and bored
- interest:
- both a cognitive and affective motivational variable (there’s a thinking and emotional aspect)
- experienced-based
- not age-related
- always content-specific - not general
- conceptualized as the interaction between a person and specific content
- associated with increased learning, positive affect, persistence, and goals
- four-phase model of interest development
- describes how interest evolves from situational to individual
- person and task variables
- learner’s wants and needs
- two types of interest
- situation: what triggers interest
- fleeting
- happens early on in the process
- elicited by environmental aspects
- human activity or life themes
- life themes: things all humans are sparked by like challenges, feedbacks, social interaction
- features (ex: the ways tasks are organized / presented)
- how to maintain?
- affect is most important (this is the fuel of interest)
- individual
- what happens next
- moves from being a property of the situation to a property of the individual
- relatively enduring tendency of an individual to engage in a particular activity, topic, or object
- value and curiosity is most important
- phase one: triggered situational
- properties of the person:
- surprise
- character identification
- personal relevance
- intensity
- properties of the task / activity:
- group work / collaboration
- puzzles (instigates curiosity)
- computers
- learners
- attend fleetingly
- need support to engage
- affect is positive or negative
- not necessarily aware
- learners want
- ideas respected
- directions
- learners need
- effort appreciated
- concrete suggestions (people structuring and encouraging interest)
- phase two: maintained situational
- properties of the person
- meaningfulness of task
- personal involvement
- properties of the task
- project-based learning: especially with a long horizon, sustains interest
- cooperative group work / social interactions and feedback
- 1-on-1 tutoring: interested, want to persevere
- phase three: emerging individual
- properties of the person
- positive feelings
- value
- knowledge
- sense of effortlessness
- chooses to engage with the content
- generates curiosity questions
- defines tasks for self
- exceeds requirements
- is resourceful when challenges arise
- learners
- independently re-engage
- curiosity
- seek answers
- learners want
- ideas respected
- to express their ideas
- not to be told what to do (don’t need external interests)
- learners need
- to feel ideas and goals are understood and efforts are appreciated
- feedback that enables them to meet goals
- phase four: well-developed individual
- properties of the person
- positive feelings
- relatively more value and knowledge
- sense of effortlessness
- anticipates subsequent steps
- uses deep strategies
- uses contextual and conditional knowledge when problem solving
- engages in long-term creative and constructive endeavors
- persists in the face of challenges
- seeking opportunities for engagement and interest supersedes potential frustrations
- learners:
- self-regulate / persist
- recognize discipline
- learners want:
- information / feedback
- balance personal standards with discipline
- learners need
- constructive feedback
- feel ideas and goals are understood
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