LONDO STUDYING BIOLOGY series By Joni and Pavi

CASE: Londo is regulating his motivation and

emotions

PROBLEM

Although he has well prepared for the exam, he still feel nervous and worried thinking of it...

REASONS

Londo’s past experience.

He did prepared well, but during the examination day, he felt very nervous and scared

to the extent he had forgotten everything he had studied.

SOLUTION MODEL:

Londo needs to regulate his emotional and motivation in order to achieve his goals.

Examinations could increase anxiety for many learners.

LIT: Goal-Oriented Self-Talk: He needs to tell himself “he had taken the necessary actions and now he is ready to give the best.” (Wolters, 2003).

Londo needs to boost up his confidence in answering exam-like questions.

But doing the same exam-like questions could be boring for Londo...

(Zimmerman: deficiency in self-satisfaction/affect)

He now would need to change his strategy with something he would enjoy

He could now discuss with his friends and have a study-group to discuss.

LIT: Interest Enhancement – “use strategies designed to increase their immediate enjoyment or the situational interest they experience while completing an activity” (Wolters, 2003)