MOTIVATION COLLEGE SUCCESS RETENTION GRADUATION EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS Variables

MOTIVATION & COLLEGE SUCCESS

RETENTION, GRADUATION, EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS Variables Preparation, Personal, Financial Transition Psychology & Engagement UK 101 Living Learning Communities Summer Reading Academic/Personal support Effective Teaching & Scaffolding Financial Support

Some Data

TEST 1 & ASSIGNMENT 1 100. 00% 95. 00% 90. 00% 84. 98% 85. 00% 80. 00% 75. 00% 70. 00% 69. 58% 65. 00% 60. 00% 55. 00% 50. 00% No Yes

MIDTERM GRADES & ASSIGNMENTS 1 &2 100. 00% 95. 00% 90. 00% 85. 00% 79. 94% 80. 00% 77. 85% Assignment 1 75. 00% 70. 00% 65. 85% Assignment 2 65. 00% 60. 99% 60. 00% 55. 00% 50. 00% No Yes

MIDTERM GRADES & LAB PARTICIPATION 1 0. 8713 0. 9 0. 818 0. 7 0. 5656 0. 5 0. 4 0. 3 0. 2583 0. 2 0. 1 0 0 10 15 20

KRAEMER’S THEORY OF RETENTION “Students leave because they do not want to stay” want Want = The Motivational Piece

OLD SCHOOL Discipline, Maturity, Self Reliance, Independence Socialization, Development, Culture

“do every day or two something for no other reason that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. ”

“The thing leaped hot from my heart, written after a trying day, when I had been endeavoring to train some rather delinquent villagers to abjure the comatose state and get radioactive. ”

“Mc. Kinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia (leader of the insurgents in Cuba); Rowan took the letter and did not ask, ‘Where is he at? ” By the Eternal! There is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies: do the thing- ‘carry a message to Garcia. ”

SHAPING CHARACTER (MOTIVATION) External Forces - External Nurturing - Effective Mentors

NEW SCHOOL: ACADEMIC MOTIVATION Optimism, Mindset, Grit, Intrinsic Motivation Inspiration, Perseverance, Reacting to Failure Optimism Example Grit: Passionate Persistence Intrinsic Motivation Example

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

MINDSET Two Kinds Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset Video https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=wh 0 OS 4 Mr. N 3 E Mindset is malleable

GROWTH MINDSET Changing explanations and expectations I am not very good at math It may be difficult, but I can handle this

GROWTH MINDSET SCORES Correlations Test 1 & Test 2 and Midterm Grades

MINDSET This may be your first semester at UK or perhaps you are a seasoned veteran of campus life. If this is your first year at UK, please take a few minutes to think about what you have found most challenging so far. If you have been at UK for more than a year, please think back to what your first semester was like and try to remember what you found most challenging. List the top 3 things below:

MINDSET Most challenges can be overcome if you take a problem-solving approach to them. So think about the challenges you have listed. If these are current challenges for you, spend some time thinking about possible things you might do to make some progress towards conquering your challenges. If these are challenges that you feel you have overcome or are overcoming, please think about how you handled them. List your thoughts below: