Actionable Representation of Student Motivations in the Classroom

本工程教育研究项目旨在通过理解工程课堂中的情境动机来支持和增加学生的动机，并向教师提供快速反馈，以便他们能够影响学生的动机。本研究将探索情境动机，并寻求开发新的方法来分析在课堂上获得的数据，以跟踪和理解动机。这个项目更广泛的意义和重要性在于，通过了解学生的动机和快速收集数据，有可能为工程教师开发反馈工具，使学生更有动力。不同的激励策略对工程中代表性不足的群体的不同影响可能会影响保留和持久性。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过培养具有新能力和专业知识的工程人才来改变前沿。此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过创造对社会有用的结果和研究，为教育政策和实践提供信息。

This engineering education research project seeks to support and increase student motivation by understanding situational motivation in the engineering classroom, and providing rapid feedback to instructors in order to allow them to impact student motivation. The proposed study will explore situational motivation and seek to develop new ways to analyze data obtained in the classroom to track and understand motivation. The broader significance and importance of this project is that by understanding student motivation and collecting data rapidly, it may be possible to develop feedback tools for engineering instructors to make students more motivated. The differential impact of various motivational strategies for groups under-represented in engineering may impact retention and persistence. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.