Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-improvement and personal growth were found to be highly valued. In comparison with extrinsicgoals from the same study, further differences were found between intrinsic and extrinsicmotivation. Other studies have found that student motivation is directly linked to seeing valueand meeting goals and beliefs about the importance of a given task or subject.The value of motivation can be conceptualized through various approaches (e.g., learning vs.performance goals, intrinsic vs. extrinsic orientation, and interests); this motivational componenteffectively concerns students' motives for the completion of a task7. Self-efficacy has a majorrole in student motivation at both intrinsic and extrinsic levels. Students’ perceived self-efficacyinfluences as the