Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success : A Self-management Approach

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290 APPENDIX A

Class: Motivation and Learning

Strategies From: 10/26 to 11/3

Date Task Strategy Use

Physical /Social

Environment

(including course

procedures and

requirements)

Motivation

10/26 Read

Ch.3

None Roommate

wanted to go

out for pizza

Was not

interested in

this content

10/27 Study

for

quiz

Reread and

underlined

Quiz this

morning

Didn’t feel like

studying

10/27 Take

quiz

Wrote answers Sat next to a

friend who felt

confident before

the quiz and

completed the

quiz early

Was anxious

and didn’t have

enough time to

complete my

thoughts

10/28 Read

Ch. 7

Underlined text,

turned headings

into questions,

came up with a

few examples

from my own

experience

Believed I

could relate to

this content and

was confident

about it

11/1 Read

article

Turned headings

into questions,

underlined

answers, and

developed a

matrix

Read article

in library

Was disap-

pointed in my

last quiz score

(6/10), wanted

to get at least a

8 on my quiz

and believed the

material was

interesting

11/2 Study

for

quiz

Asked the

questions I

developed to

test myself,

reviewed the

matrix

Discussed my

thoughts about

the article with

a classmate

Answered all of

the questions I

asked myself

and was confi-

dent after

studying

11/3 Take

quiz

Made a brief

outline of each

answer before

starting

Compared my

summary with

a classmate’s

summary and

saw that mine

was more

detailed

Was confident

about the quiz

because I was

able to predict

the questions

and was able to

finish early