Motivating ill-structured problem solving in a web-based peer-group learning environment: a learning-goal perspective.

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Author	Song, Hae-Deok
Abstract	Motivation effort is one of the critical components that enable students to engage in the process of ill-structured problem solving. This article chronicles the development and evaluation of a motivation-supported problem-solving environment promoting learning goals. The environment was created by developing learning-goal oriented contexts that included (1) presenting task messages that stressed the intrinsic value of learning, (2) allowing learners to control their own learning activities, and (3) providing self-referenced evaluations. Forty-six middle-school students participated. One major find-ing was that a learning-goal oriented context was a powerful motiva-tional strategy that boosted students ’ intrinsic motivation for ill-structured problem solving.
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Subject Keyword	Web-based Peer-group Learning Environment Learning-goal Perspective Motivating Ill-structured Problem Solving Ill-structured Problem Solving Motivation-supported Problem-solving Environment Forty-six Middle-school Student Powerful Motiva-tional Strategy Task Message Enable Student Student Intrinsic Motivation Major Find-ing Motivation Effort Learning Activity Learning Goal Critical Component Intrinsic Value Self-referenced Evaluation
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