Publication: Motivating writers : the power of choice.
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2008
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eng
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Mahidol University
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TESOL Asia (Australia)
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The Asian EFL Journal. Vol. 10, No. 3 (2008), 187-198
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Melendy, Galon A. Motivating writers : the power of choice.. The Asian EFL Journal. Vol. 10, No. 3 (2008), 187-198. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/9893
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Motivating writers : the power of choice.
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Abstract
Motivation plays a key role in education. This action research study
evaluated the effectiveness of the power of choice of proximal academic
goals as a strategy for boosting student motivation in an undergraduate
composition and rhetoric course. Students were given choices to select
easier or more difficult assessment tasks prior to essay examinations. The
results indicated that more students in this sample group selected the most
challenging tasks when given the choice. The implications of this study
suggest that this approach has the potential to be a valuable motivational
strategy in academic writing courses.