Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Student

are complementary (e.g., Dan Pink25 argues for a Page 25.949.6hybrid theory that incorporates value from expectancy-value theory into self-determinationtheory). Factors TAs should consider include, but are not limited to: task value, feeling of self-efficacy, competence, relatedness, autonomy, control, and types of goals.3 Tips for How TAs Can Motivate Engineering Students Because previous work on motivation theories in the classroom has focused on theactions of faculty, many teaching tips (e.g., create project-based courses) do not directly apply towhat TAs can change. We focus on providing attitudes and actions that engineering