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Engaging Students in Motivation and Learning: A Comprehensive Course Overview

This course led by Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl from Carleton University's Psychology Department dives into the fascinating interplay of learning, motivation, and research. Each week features enriching activities including goal setting, data collection, and theory presentations. Students will engage in assessments such as the Repertory Grid and psychometric scales, fostering a deeper understanding of personal constructs of motivation. The course emphasizes hands-on learning through website construction and journal reflections, ensuring an engaging, interactive learning experience. No prior computer skills needed.

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Engaging Students in Motivation and Learning: A Comprehensive Course Overview

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  1. Motivating Humans Timothy A. Pychyl Department of Psychology Carleton University

  2. Overview • My philosophy of learning and teaching • The role of research at the university • Computer-mediated communication and learning

  3. Activities for the Week • Finding out what you know/brainstorming • Finding out what you know/repertory grid • Designing scales • Data collection and analysis • Theory - reading and guest lectures • Presenting your theory • Web site construction and group work

  4. Monday • Introduction to mastery and performance orientations, personality and motivation • Implicit theories of motivation - yours! • The Repertory Grid analysis • The basic web site • Journal writing - What we learned, Goals for tomorrow

  5. Tuesday • Personal Constructs of motivation • Psychometric scales for our research • Data Collection & preliminary analysis • Lecture: Stress, Coping & Hardiness • Web site: Research thesis and method • Journal writing

  6. Wednesday • Completion of data analysis • Theory, or why this data makes sense • Presentation preparation • Lecture: Procrastination • Web site: Results & theory summary • Journal Writing

  7. Thursday • Theory Presentations • Case study analysis and discussion • Web site: Discussion section of your study • Journal Writing

  8. Friday • Pulling it all together - final revisions to web sites and presentation preparation • Presentation of web sites and research results • Final Journal Entries

  9. Next week . . . • You can find these slides and our course home page at: http://www.carleton.ca/~tpychyl/minicourse • No computer skills - NONE! - required I’m looking forward to meeting you!

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