1. Adolescent Student Motivation What are the motivations of students who do well in school? What factors affect these motivations? Eileen Friday

2. Current Cultural Drives National Year 2000 Goals National School-to-Work Goals Florida Sunshine State Standards Performance Based School Funding School Improvement Committee Goals New Teacher Evaluation Process

3. Cultural Goals Don’t Determine Student Goals Students are failing. Students are dropping out of high school before graduating.

4. Student Academic Goals Mastery: to learn or master a subject for intrinsic rewards Extrinsic or performance: to gain a reward or avoid a consequence Relative: to be seen as good in relation to others Pro-social: social competence Responsibility: moral competence

5. Student Self-Image Am I a good student? Am I okay socially? Is my learning up to me, or is it outside my control? How do I appear to others? What do I expect of myself?

6. Student Relationships Family Peers Teachers Do they care? Are they supportive? What are their values?

7. Factors Affecting Outcomes

8. Hints for Teachers Have mastery goals for class. Relationships matter! Build cognitive self- esteem.

9. Web Sites to Visit Suggested reading list for EDF 7232: http://reach.ucf.edu/~edf7232/weiner.html A page for parents: http://www.mnea.org/100.html Sports and achievement: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/achieve.htm Disconnected youth: http://www.urban.org/pubs/disconec.htm An ERIC site: list and links: http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/mot-gen.html Child Development Institute: http://www.cdipage.com/brain.htm Florida Sunshine State Standards: http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/sss.htm