Question: Which of the following students appears to be intrinsically motivated?

Answer: Shonda takes her mystery book to all of her classes and reads a few more pages whenever she gets a chance

Question: Braden is worried about the grade he’ll receive on his essay. Mr. Tompkins encourages him not to worry about his grade. He tells Braden to focus on learning from his past mistakes and improving his writing on the essay. Mr. Tompkins is encouraging which type of motivation?

Answer: Extrinsic

Question: Ms. Jovanovic encourages her first graders to complete their reading assignment before lunch in order to receive a sticker. Which approach of motivation is she using?

Answer: Behavioral approach

Question: Which view of motivation is based on intrinsic and extrinsic sources of motivation and is characterized as expectancy x value?

Answer: Social cognitive

Question: Which of the following teachers is taking a humanistic approach to motivation?

Answer: Mrs. McKenzie gives students three choices for their history project. She stresses how much they will learn and grow as they work on the tasks involved.

Question: Is Maslow’s hierarchy, what are the deficiency needs?

Answer: Survival, safety, belonging, self-esteem

Question: Miguel moved to a new school around Thanksgiving. In his third grade class he is shy and has not made friends by Valentine’s Day. What unmet need is likely interfering with his learning?

Answer: Relatedness

Question: Think about students’ needs in the classroom. Based on studies, which of the following high school teachers is most likely to have students with greater conceptual learning and higher school attendance?

Answer: Mr. Andrus allows his students to choose among three types of projects they will do as a culminating activity in the history unit

Question: According to cognitive evaluation theory, which of the following classroom events is most likely to increase students’ intrinsic motivation to learn?

Answer: Ms. Carlson writes on the board the due date for science projects and suggests that students transfer the information to their notebooks

Question: Ms. Strauss made the decision to delay the class field trip. Students verbalized their frustration and disappointment. Which teacher response supports self-determination and autonomy?

Answer: I recognize your frustration with my decision to delay the field trip