InquiryProject2:Assessment2

For the second assessment I pretty much stayed in line with with the same kinds of questions that I asked for the first one. Although in this interview I tried to pull out more detailed examples so that I would not have to simply rely on feelings. I did ask more about how she felt while taking the class and what she thought helped to keep her motivated. I also tried to include some scenarios such as; if the teacher assigns reading material for the week, when and how do you go about doing the readings? And other questions of that nature.

I thought about the different types of learners there were, the Satisfied Sam and such and tried to see which traits my learner displayed. I also asked questions about other areas such as the job she worked before going back to school and so forth to get an idea of whether or not this type of motivation was something that was reserved for the classroom setting or something that was used across boundaries.

From the first interview I became curious about these things and so structured a different set of questions (in addition to the same type that I asked the last time) in order to get a better idea of exactly what type of motivation (intrinsic/extrinsic) was used to help get through the course. I also became curious to know if the motivation ended there, at the conclusion of the course, or if it followed the learner from the classroom into her everyday life.