On-line Resources

Motivation to learn: An overview at Valdosta, Huitt, W. (2001)

• General overview of motivation that includes graphic organizers and additional links to related topics, videos, and readings

Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time-on-Task to Homework at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (2001)

• A booklet containing a discussion of research and literature pertinent to the issue, a sampling of how Northwest schools are addressing the issue,
  suggestions for adapting these ideas to schools, selected references, and contact information

Interview with Carol Dweck: How Can Teachers' Develop Students' Motivation-- and Success? at Education World (2005)

• Dweck shares with Education World readers some of her thoughts about the role of motivation in learning.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Motivating People to Learn at Edutopia (2009)

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D., psychologist and author of the book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,
  describes what schools and parents can do to promote optimal learning experiences.

Locus of Control and Attribution Style Test at Discovery Health (2009)

• Ten question quiz on personal attribution style with explanation of concepts and results

Additional Textbook Clarifications

Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation in Educational Psychology:: Reflection for Action by O'Donnell

• Hidden Cost of Reward (Illustrated by Jewish Fable)
• Dialectical Approach

Learned Helplessness and Attribution in Educational Psychology:: Reflection for Action by O'Donnell

Children's Books

Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (Learned Helplessness) (Self-Esteem) (Teacher Motivation) at the BYU Library

• Story of a teacher who helps a girl with dyslexia to read (Grades 3+)
  

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper, Doris Hauman (Expectacy x Value Theory) at the BYU Library

• Classic story of a train that overcame a difficult situation through positive thinking (Grades K-3)

No Good in Art by Miriam Cohen (Self-Efficacy) at the BYU Library

• A first-grader is convinced he can't draw, but when encouraged, demonstrates he can.

Religious Resources

Expectacy x Value Theory

• Nephi is a good example of someone motivated to seek spiritual and temporal knowledge because he had a high value of spiritual guidance (1 Ne. 2:16) and such great faith (1 Ne. 2:16) that he had a high expectation that the Lord would answer him and grant unto him his desires. Examples: How to obtain the plates, Where to go to get food, How to build a ship, etc. Joseph Smith is another good example with high motivation
• Laman, on the other hand, did not value spiritual things (1 Ne. 7:9-12) and did not have a high expectancy that the Lord would answer him and therefore had low motivation to learn spiritually.
• Mark 9:23-24 also talks of another man who sought a miracle from Jesus. He had high value but low expectancy which often times results in not even asking in the first place.
• Perhaps the Pharisees had high expectancy in salvation but low value in the words of Jesus as they too were not motivated to seek spiritual knowledge (Matt 23)