
Life beyond Grades
Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation
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- Authors:
- Martin V. Covington, University of California, Berkeley
- Linda M. von Hoene, University of California, Berkeley
- Dominic J. Voge, Princeton University, New Jersey
- Date Published: July 2017
- availability: In stock
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521805230
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This book raises the question of whether or not educators can promote intrinsic motivation among college students when they seem overwhelmingly focused on grades. Indeed, can there be life beyond grades? The answer is 'Yes'. A love of learning can coexist, even thrive, in the face of competing pressures from grades. Drawing on recent, ground-breaking classroom research, the authors articulate a new understanding of the causes of the stalemate between intrinsic and external motivation, so that a reconciliation between them can be achieved. Then the authors apply a powerful set of motivational and pedagogical principles to lay out a step-by-step blueprint for designing and teaching college courses that promote intrinsic motivation as a primary educational goal in its own right, above and beyond knowledge and skill acquisition. This practical blueprint draws on authentic case study examples from a variety of subject-matter disciplines.
Read more- Provides a nuanced understanding of the psychological dynamics at the root of excessive grade focus
- Features a step-by-step blueprint for designing courses that promote intrinsic motivation
- The book will provide guidance for teachers and for those who wish to understand how to motivate students
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'We have all experienced the tension, likely as both a student and as an educator, between learning for the sake of learning and the perceived high stakes of earning a good grade. … The book, Life Beyond Grades: Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation, by Covington, von Hoene, and Voge, examines this tension and provides motivational and pedagogical principles so that learning and grades can exist side-by-side.' Jennifer J. Waldron, PsycCRITIQUES
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×Product details
- Date Published: July 2017
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521805230
- length: 306 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- contains: 4 b/w illus. 6 tables
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and overview
2. The sum of all doubts
3. Roles and responsibilities
4. Prospects for intrinsic task engagement
5. Solutions as goals
6. Scaffolding problem-solving strategies
7. Partnering instruction and assessment
8. From goals to final grades
9. The end of the beginning.
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