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What's the Point? An Exploration of Students' Motivation to Learn in a First-Year Seminar

Author(s) -

Jody E. JessupAnger

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of general education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 1527-2060

pISSN - 0021-3667

DOI - 10.5325/jgeneeduc.60.2.101

Subject(s) - motivation to learn , point (geometry) , meaning (existential) , goal theory , intrinsic motivation , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , qualitative research , social psychology , sociology , social science , geometry , mathematics , psychotherapist

This qualitative case study explores how undergraduate students and their instructor made meaning of students' motivation to learn in a one-credit, pass/fail first-year seminar. The findings point to the importance of addressing structural motivational barriers and ensuring that instructors possess the instructional, motivational, and developmental strategies necessary to foster motivation.

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