Motivating Humans Timothy A. Pychyl Department of Psychology Carleton University
Overview My philosophy of learning and teaching The role of research at the university Computer-mediated communication and learning
Activities for the Week Finding out what you know/brainstorming Finding out what you know/repertory grid Designing scales Data collection and analysis Theory - reading and guest lectures Presenting your theory Web site construction and group work
Monday Introduction to mastery and performance orientations, personality and motivation Implicit theories of motivation - yours! The Repertory Grid analysis The basic web site Journal writing - What we learned, Goals for tomorrow
Tuesday Personal Constructs of motivation Psychometric scales for our research Data Collection & preliminary analysis Lecture: Stress, Coping & Hardiness Web site: Research thesis and method Journal writing
Wednesday Completion of data analysis Theory, or why this data makes sense Presentation preparation Lecture: Procrastination Web site: Results & theory summary Journal Writing
Thursday Theory Presentations Case study analysis and discussion Web site: Discussion section of your study Journal Writing
Friday Pulling it all together - final revisions to web sites and presentation preparation Presentation of web sites and research results Final Journal Entries
Next week... You can find these slides and our course home page at: No computer skills - NONE! - required I’m looking forward to meeting you!