Thanks, Don!  You're right about the arrows, and I have gotten some other good suggestions about making them more cyclic-looking anyway.

I'll stay on the lookout for mis-interpretations of "introjection," though it is already in use among motivational researchers with this more innocuous sense--that of simply describing the process of how one "absorbs" values from others.  I think Deci & Ryan (prime movers among Self Determination Theorists) may have been the ones that kicked off this trend, but I can't be sure.

But your point is well taken, and your suggestions appreciated.  I'll send you the updated model when all is said and done.

-Michael 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don McCormick 
  To: Michael Sweet 
  Cc: Don McCormick ; [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:56 PM
  Subject: Re: TBL motivational model: Feedback?


  The model looks interesting. It is a bit hard to interpret, though. It would help me if you labeled each of the arrows--like in a concept map. I don't know if the arrows in your diagram mean "leads to," "causes," "influences," or if different arrows mean different things.

  By the way, "introjection" has a very specific, already established meaning in clinical psychology. If I remember correctly, it is not considered a healthy psychological process. I'd suggest a different word (one less loaded with meanings other than the one you want to convey), or just saying "the process by which other's opinions of you become a motivational force."

  - Don
  -------
  Don McCormick, Ph.D, Associate Professor
  University of Redlands School of Business
  1200 E. Colton Avenue, Redlands, CA 92373-0999 
  (909) 748-6249 [log in to unmask]
  http://newton.uor.edu/FacultyFolder/DMcCormick

  "The end of all education should surely be service to others." - 
  Cesar E. Chavez

  On Oct 19, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Michael Sweet wrote:


    Hey Everyone,
     
    Some of you know that there is now a research team in Educational Psychology here at UT Austin devoted exclusively to TBL.  One of our goals is to document, measure, and theoretically explore all of the things about TBL that TBL teachers describe seeing in the classroom.
     
    We have begun working on a motivational model for TBL, and I have pasted it in as a GIF and also attached it as an RTF doc.
     
    Do you feel like this captures the essence of the thing?  Would you add or change anything?  What did we forget?  We are open to any and all input!
     
    Note:  "Introjection" is the process by which other's opinions of you become a motivational force (I don't want to let my team down), and "Inducibility" is the extent to which you are persuadable by another (so, if you offered the correct answer and we ignored you, next time around we will be more inducible to you.)
     
    -M
     
     
    <unknown.gif> 
    -M
     
     
    Michael Sweet
    Instructional Consultant
    Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment
    The University of Texas at Austin
    GSB 2.130   Mail Code: B8000
    Austin, TX. 78712
    http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/<TBLmodel.gif><TBLmodel.rtf>