Choose two questions (from Q01-Q03) to answer. Do not answer all questions.

Then, respond to other students' postings to develop the knowledge.

You are expected to post at least three posts for this group discussion. It is important to respond to your classmate's posts.

It is also important for you to integrate your response and feedback with the texts.

Discuss each of the following situations in terms of expectancy-value theory.

-Q01. Drew is pretty sure he can learn to hit a baseball if his older sister helps him. (The role of expectancy in motivation)

-Q02. A student's expectancy about classroom success is influenced by three of the following factors.

(a) How helpful the student thinks the teacher's instruction will be

(b) How much effort the student thinks will be necessary to succeed

(c) How successful the student has been in the past

Discuss how a student's expectancy is related to (a), (b) and (c)?

-Q03. When 14-year-old Jonathan goes out for the high school cross-country team, he discovers that he's the slowest runner on the team. After three weeks of daily practice with the team, his speed and endurance improve very little, if at all. Given what we know about how expectancies and values are interrelated in the secondary school years, we can reasonably guess that Jonathan will ( )

Because the Canvas discussion threads get (very!) long, here is a list of the questions and problems for the discussion this week on this page.

You can of course quickly search for a particular question by searching for "Q03," and so on. And the questions are in red font to make them easier to spot.