By: Adrienne Rodgers, Isaac Dees, and Dylan Mays

Motivation for College Students

Facts about motivation

What Downing defines as motivation

What causes College Students to lose motivation

Passive learning vs. Active learning

Set Attainable Goals

Visualize your success

Motivational Movie

Overview

Facts about motivation

Their are two types of motivation:

- Intrinsic motivation: internally motivated to do something because of pleasure .

-Extrinsic motivation: when a student is compelled to do something because of external

factors.

“There are three things to remember about education. The first is motivation. The second is

motivation. The third is motivation.” - Terrell Bell

Lack of Motivation = # 1 BarrierBarrier to Student Success

What Downing describes as motivation

V x E = M

- Value: benefits that you believe you’ll obtain

- Expectation: how likely you think it’ll happen

-Found through experience

- Dreams provide energy to stay motivated

-Motivation surges up from a commitment to a passionately held purpose.

What causes students to lose motivation

Other Points of View

- poor self-esteem

- no support from home

- feels overwhelmed

- Disinterested in teachers

Downing

- resist setting life goals

- not committed to goals that are set

- Does not visualize success

- Does not believe in themselves

Passive Learning vs. Active Learning

Passive Learning

Teachers or Professors who lectures and students take notes

Students only remembers 10% of what teachers say in class

Students are expected to absorb material

Active Learning

Students do activities during class time

Learning is more hands-on

Collaborates with "other students”

Students remember 50% of material that is taught

“People cannot learn by having information pressed in their brains. Knowledge has to be sucked in the brain, not pushed in.” - Victor Weisskopf

Set attainable goals

Other points of view

SMART

Specific: exactly what you want to accomplish

Measurable: be more detailed about your goal

Attainable: eliminate impossible goals and keep them at what you’re comfortable with

Relevant: set goal with a “big picture” in mind and a clear purpose (visualizing)

Time Bound: set goals that you actually have time to complete

Downing

DAPPS

Motivation comes with specific deadlines

Dated: Short-term goal- within a few months, Long-term goal- ranges within years

Achievable: Challenging realistic goals

Personal: your own goals not someone else

Positive: focus on what you want not negativity

Specific: keeps you from being fooled into believing you’ve achieved a goal when you haven’t

visualize your success

Clear picture of your desired results

vivid mental image of chosen destination keeps you on course

Relax, use present tense, use all five senses, and feel the feelings