EDUC 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Situated Cognition, Motivation, Test Anxiety
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The children were shock about lincoln"s father saying don"t worry, i"ll get you a. This statement triggered the kindergarteners because they don"t understand the idea of remarriage or having more than one mother figure. Feeling of uneasiness and apprehension about a situation, particularly one with an uncertain outcome. Trait anxiety - relatively stable sense of tension. Implies that you do your best when you are somewhere in the middle of your anxiety level. Optimal zone is when you have a moderate (optimal arousal / emotional arousal) When we are to far to the left of the graph, we are more laid back, inactive, too relaxed (sub-optimal zone) When we have too much anxiety, we won"t perform well. Threat = a situation in which learners perceive no chance for success (debilitating) Challenging = a situation where learners believe they can probably succeed if they try hard enough (facilitating) Talk about why a student would want to learn content.
