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Overcoming Apathy: Strategies for
Teaching from the
Psychology of Learning
Regis University
Fall Faculty Conference
October 7, 2011
TODD ZAKRAJSEK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA – CHAPEL HILL
919-966-1289
[email protected]
What behaviors illustrate or
are good examples of
something an unmotivated
student might do?
Attribution
How do we describe the “cause” of behavior???
- Internal (dispositional)
- External (situational)
Attribution
Power of Misattribution
- Insomnia
Gave pill and told side effect increased heart rate
and anxiety
- First Year Students
Statistics on initial struggling
Video of students
Attribution
Ferris….
Card passing
What is one issue or concern you
have with respect to your students
and creating an effective learning
environment?
Body’s Reaction to Lecturing
Bligh, 2000, What’s the Use of Lectures? 2000, p.51; Hartley & Davies, 1978, Programmed
Learning and Educational Technology:15:207-224.
Lecture Breaks Increase
Students’ Attention
Bligh, What’s the Use of Lectures? 2000, p.51.
Power of Social Norms
Cialdini….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM
Power of Social Norms
Your heritage is being
vandalized every day by
theft losses of petrified
wood of 14 tons of wood
a year, mostly a small
piece at a time.
Power of Social Norms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXCXnaiUlA&feature=related
Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, & Bjork,
2009
Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence
Parents Of Nasal Learners Demand
Odor-Based Curriculum
March 15, 2000
http://www.theonion.com/articles/parents-of-nasal-learners-demand-odorbased-curricu,396/
Basketball….
Effort vs. Entity
Mueller & Dweck, 1998
mug
night
vases
vector
 http://www.manythings.
org/anagrams/
gum
thing
saves
covert
marching
nameless
licensed
teaching
thickens
charming
salesman
silenced
cheating
kitchens
host
inch
fiber
glare
sisters
shot
chin
brief
large
resists
# Problems Solved
Place “Smart” and “Effort” in Proper Place
Standard
Trial 1
Trial 3
# Problems Solved
Effort
Standard
Smart
Trial 1
Trial 3
Flingledobe and Pribin (Lavoie, 1989)
Last Serny, Flingledobe and Pribin
were in the Berdlink treppering gloopy
caples and cleaming burly greps.
Suddenly, a ditty strezzle boofed into
Flingledobe’s tresk. Pribin glaped. “Oh
Flingledobe,” he chifed, “that ditty
strezzle is tunning in your grep!”
Flingledobe and Pribin (Lavoie, 1989)
1. When did Flingedobe and Pribin treppen?
2. What kind of caples did Flingledobe and Pribin treppen?
3. What did the ditty strezzle do to Flingledobe’s tresk?
4. What was Pribin’s reaction?
5. What do you imagine happened next?
6. Based on the incidents in the story, why do you think
Flingledobe and Pribin went to Berdlink? Are they likely to
return? Why or why not?
Student Apathy and Boredom
Students report becoming apathetic and bored when
forced to listen, listen, listen to information
transmitted in
nonengaging class
lectures
Student Apathy and Boredom
Father: What did you learn in
school today?
Son: They don’t give us time to
learn anything. We have to listen
to the teacher all day!
Student Apathy and Boredom
 Students report becoming apathetic and bored when
they fail to see personal relevance in course
content
Student Apathy and Boredom
Students report becoming apathetic and bored when
misunderstanding leads to
confusion and poor grades
Thank
you !!!