Hi Sally, I too would be interested in reading your articles and any others dealing with motivation. Early in my career I read a book on motivation, Self-worth and School Learning by Covington and Beery, that really opened my eyes and altered the way I viewed "school, teaching and learning." I would recommend this book to all those who are interested in motivational theory.
Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Robertson <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 9:32 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] adding instruction for remedial... Sally I would love to read your articles. Can you please send more information. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sally Thomas" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:16 PM To: "mosaic listserve" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] adding instruction for remedial... > I don't usually talk about a HUGE part of my research over the years - > motivation research. With my colleague Oldfather (who originally > researched > my 5/6 grade class) , we researched my last class of 5/6 graders through > high school about their motivations for learning. They were > co -researchers > int hat work and presented with us and wrote with us through the years at > IRA and NCTE and National Reading Conference and American Education > Research > Association. > > I can reference a number of articles Oldfather, I and both of us together > wrote over those years, some with kids as co-authors. That research might > crank your heads around as it did mine!!!! > > Mostly I would say that I strongly believe in classrooms which respect and > value all students, where they ALL have important contributions to make, > where the get that they each have different strengths and needs and that > together we are all teachers, that the point is learning not competition > and > grades. The intrinsic motivation research totally supports all this AS > DID > THE KIDS!!! > > So I would want all my students to be there in class with varying degrees > of > support at different times of course. They ALL need to be part of the > community and that has to be real, not fake. That's why I believe sooooo > strongly in workshop approaches. > > I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to learn how to teach int his > environment toward the end of that first 27 years in classrooms - the last > 4 > years in a multiage, progressive classroom. That's where I first learned > to > use the Learning Record and narrative approaches to assessment as well - > which are also key to intrinsic motivation. > > Enough said, sorry if I"m preaching. I just believe so strongly. And > those > kids would all tell you all of this now too..... > > Sally > > > > On 7/18/11 3:16 PM, "Sue and Paul Therrien" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> -----Original message----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
