Promoting motivation to learn with low achievers is particularly challenging for teachers. Using learners' beliefs as a basis for the explanation, which of the following best explains why promoting motivation to learn with these students is so difficult?
a. Low-achieving students' needs for relatedness are rarely met, and lack of relatedness detracts from motivation to learn.
b. Low-achieving students are often punished for misbehavior, and the punishment detracts from their motivation to learn.
c. Low-achieving students rarely get to the level of growth needs in Maslow's hierarchy, and meeting growth needs is essential for motivation to learn.
d. Low-achieving students have a history of failure, so their expectation for success is low, and low success expectations detract from motivation to learn.
Question 2
How are you going to do on the test? Misty asks Alvenia as they walk into the classroom just before a test.
Fine, I think. I'm generally good at solving problems, and Mr. Garcia said that this whole test would be problem solving. Of the following, Alvenia's comment is best explained by:
a. behaviorist views of motivation.
b. expectancy x value theory.
c. attribution theory.
d. self-determination theory.
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