Educational Psychology
Teaching Resources

Theories of Motivation

Motivation Webquest

Step-by-Step Process

Task One: Read one or two sources under each of the following topics:

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Application to Education
http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/~ANDERSMD/MASLOW/SUGGEST.HTML

Short Biography and Overview
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/maslow.html

Overview
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/regsys/maslow.html

Primary Source: A Theory of Motivation
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm

Attribution Theory

What is Attribution Theory?
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/attrib.htm

Learned Helplessness
http://www.noogenesis.com/malama/discouragement/helplessness.html

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content5/fail.syndrome.ed.html#what

Bandura's Self Efficacy and Social Cognitive Theory

Banadura Biography
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/bandurabio.html

Self Efficacy: Primary Source
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/BanEncy.html

Developing Self Efficacy
http://www.aare.edu.au/99pap/sew99301.htm

Self Efficady vs. Self Esteem
http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2000/
February/erfebruary.14/2_14_00pajares.html

http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/pajaresgtl.html

Just for Fun

http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/efficacynotgiveup.html

Task Two: Go the the following website. Watch the motivation video clips and consider the questions that are listed there.

Task Three: UsIng your understanding of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Attribution Theory and Self Efficacy, consider the questions that were posed, or share your own insights about the teaching methods you observed.