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What’s the Point?: An Exploration of Students’ Motivation to Learn in a First-Year Seminar
- The Journal of General Education
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 60, Number 2, 2011
- pp. 101-116
- 10.1353/jge.2011.0011
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This qualitative case study explores how undergraduate students and their instructor made meaning of students’ motivation to learn in a one-credit, pass/fail first-year seminar. The findings point to the importance of addressing structural motivational barriers and ensuring that instructors possess the instructional, motivational, and developmental strategies necessary to foster motivation.