Motivate Yourself

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MOTIVATE YOURSELF
Student Wall Planner and Study Guide
Success Planner
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MOTIVATION

• To improve your grades, marks, results and
  approach to learning answer the key questions
  (1)
• HOW
• WHEN
• WHERE and
• WHY

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HOW?

• Give your very best effort
• In class
• With your homework
• With your study routine
• In examination preparation
• Follow the suggestions in this Study Guide and
  use the Student Wall Planner

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WHEN?

• (2) Start right now.
• Dont put things off
• Act now to maximise the opportunities before you

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WHERE?

• (3) Here and now!
• At school
• At home
• In the library
• With you homework
• With your assignments
• With you study

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WHY?

• (4) Reflect on your motivation and reasons
• To be empowered?
• Better marks and grades for better employment?
• Keep your parents and teachers happy?
• Self desire to do well?
• To gain power (knowledge is power)?
• Fear of failure?

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MOTIVATION

• What makes you want to study or not? Is it
• Interest in the work?
• The need to know and learn?
• The desire to improve?
• Seeking knowledge for power?
• Be able to do things?
• To better yourself?
• To enjoy the learning process?

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MOTIVATION

• If these triggers are true then you obtain
  motivation from (5) INTRINSIC FACTORS (ie
  from within learning)
• Also called (6) MASTERY GOALS as they focus on
  mastering the work

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MOTIVATION

• What makes you want to study or not? Is it
• Want high marks?
• Want lots of money?
• To do better than your class mates?
• Dont want to let down your teacher?
• Dont want to disappoint your parents?
• Do want to fail?

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MOTIVATION

• If these triggers for study are true then you are
  motivated by (7) EXTRINSIC FACTORS (ie from
  things outside the learning itself)
• These are called (8) PERFORMANCE GOALS because
  they focus on achievement levels.
• Most of us are motivated by a (9) combination of
  both FACTORS

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MOTIVATION

• When setting your goals try to use both factors.
• (10) Your attitude to yourself and study play a
  huge part in your motivation.
• (11) Reward yourself only when the task is
  completed
• Make sure the reward matches the effort to
  complete the task time with friends, ice-cream,
  TV

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Motivation Successful Strategies to Achieve Your
Goals

• In order for you to strengthen your approach to
  goal setting and achieving the desired outcome
  there are a number of strategies that are
  available.

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Motivation Successful Strategies to Achieve Your
Goals

• (12) Form a Study Group with a few friends
• (13) Meet Your Subject Teacher on regular basis
• (14) Mentor System
• (15) Alternative Sources
• (16) Team Up
• (17) Note Pad

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Class Time - Maximised

• Be on (18) Time for Class
• (19) Sit at the front avoid distractions
  (window, fellow students)
• (20) Be alert in Class
• (21) Be organised books, pens, notes
• (22) Engage your mind be pro active
• Use the time wisely (23) ask questions
• (24) Revise your notes and handouts each night

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Other Study Ideas

• (25) Form a Study Group
• (26) Summarise Topics Pages
• (27) Cards Definitions and Key Points
• (28) Diagrams and illustrations
• (29) Extended Reading (beyond text)
• Review Today's Information in (30) tonights
  study session
• (31) Review this weeks information again on the
  weekend
• Time spent studying and reviewing now (32) will
  save you many hours leading to the examinations

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Oral PresentationsIdentifying Signal Statements

• During oral presentations the presenter will make
  alert statements that important notes need to be
  made.
• These statements are called (33) signal
  statements.

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Oral PresentationsIdentifying Signal Statements

• A Signal statements include
• The most important point
• Keep in mind
• Make sure you know
• I am going to expect you do
• Listen carefully as I ..

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Oral PresentationsIdentifying Signal Statements

• High school teachers usually talk as a rate of
  about (34) 100 120 words per minute.
• Average high school student can (35) write about
  15 to 20 words per minute.
• Be selective in the words you record.