Assignment:
Directions:
•Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2-3 paragraphs in length.
•Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
•Copy and paste each question into the document, so your Instructor can see which questions you are answering.
1. Choose at least two aspects of culture (e.g. religion, socioeconomic status, geography, race/ethnicity, etc.) and explain how growing up within this culture might affect how a child or adolescent expresses motivation in school. For each aspect of culture, provide at least two specific examples of its potential effect on motivation.
2. Your course text, Donna Tileston describes the construct developed by Robert Marzano to map the mental processes involved in motivation. Define and describe the self-system and the metacognitive system as conceptualized by Marzano. What roles do each play in motivation? What is the relationship between the two? Explain.
3.What is the cognitive system, and how can knowledge of how the cognitive system works be used to motivate children and adolescents? Provide at least one specific example.