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
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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
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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
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Michael
Sweet
Instructional
Consultant
Division
of Instructional Innovation and Assessment
The
University of Texas at Austin
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2.130 Mail Code: B8000
Austin,
TX. 78712
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