A Study on the Methods of Cultivating Motivation for Learning (2)

Instructional Be­haviors of Cultivating Motivation for Learning

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to extract some concrete types of teachers'instructional behavior which seemed helpful to cultivate such behavioral characteristics in normal students, as those of students with higher degree of motivation for learning. The questionnaire with 32 items was used for teachers. As a result, seven independent factors of instructional behavior were extracted by means of factor analysis. They were as follows ; to make clear instructional objectives, to help students prepare and review lessons, to praise students.to respond to students, to help students comprehend, to help students act, to arouse students'responses. In the same way, the questionnaire with 30items was used for students. Seven independent factors of instructional behavior were abstracted by means of factor analysis as follows; to approve students, to help students get interested, to instruct, to help students challenge, to make students compete with each other, to take care of students, to help students cooperate with each ·other. Based on these results, the prescription sheet of items for improving instructional behavior was made in order to provide the rationale for maturing moti­vation for learning. Moreover, it was clarified that the degree of effectiveness of instructional behavior was different from each other in terms of the con­ ditions variables such as the level of school, the kind of subject, sex of students.