Degree Date
6-2014
Document Type
Dissertation - Public Access
Degree Name
Ed.D. Doctor of Education
Academic Discipline
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Norman Weston
Second Advisor
Linell Monson-Lasswell
Third Advisor
Nancy Spaniak
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Roberts, Lesley S., "Incorporating An Assessment of Mastery Motivation In Elementary School Students Within A School Psychological Evaluation" (2014). Dissertations. 87.
https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/87
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