Incorporating An Assessment of Mastery Motivation In Elementary School Students Within A School Psychological Evaluation

<p>The purpose of this project was to explore and determine a systematic way of measuring Mastery Motivation in students. Mastery Motivation is a dimension of intelligence that leads a student to master tasks for the intrinsic feeling of efficacy rather than for extrinsic reasons (MacTurk & Morgan, 1995). The inquiry process was an ongoing collaboration among a group of practicing elementary school psychologists. Conversations were recorded and analyzed. The result was the creation of an informal observational tool for measuring Mastery Motivation to be used a school psychological evaluation. This tool was made available for the participating school psychologists to use at their discretion to widen the scope for reporting indicators of levels of intelligence in elementary age students.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Roberts, Lesley S

Contributors dc:contributor

• Norman Weston
• Linell Monson-Lasswell
• Nancy Spaniak

• Mastery Motivation
• Motivation
• Success
• Intelligence
• Observation Tool
• School Psychological Observations
• Success in Elementary School Students
• Education
• Educational Leadership
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/87

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1090