https://beyond-the-stats.pages.dev/tags/motivation/ Recent content in Motivation on Beyond the Stats Hugo en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0900 https://beyond-the-stats.pages.dev/posts/optimal-theory-3/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0900 https://beyond-the-stats.pages.dev/posts/optimal-theory-3/ <p>From here, I want to dig into the two pillars that act as concrete switches for physically starting the learner&rsquo;s engine, motivation (intrinsic motivation): <strong>enhanced expectancies</strong> and <strong>autonomy support</strong>.</p> <h2 id="switch-one-enhanced-expectancies">Switch one: enhanced expectancies</h2> <p>&ldquo;Enhanced expectancies&rdquo; means raising the learner&rsquo;s subjective sense of the probability of success in future performance, the feeling that &ldquo;I can do this&rdquo; or &ldquo;it will work next time.&rdquo; In other words, raising their <strong>self-efficacy</strong>.</p> https://beyond-the-stats.pages.dev/posts/optimal-theory-2/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:13:00 +0900 https://beyond-the-stats.pages.dev/posts/optimal-theory-2/ <p>In the previous post I gave a rough overview of OPTIMAL theory. From this post on, I will start taking it apart. Here I focus on <strong>motivation (intrinsic motivation)</strong>, the fundamental engine that drives the learner, our &ldquo;car,&rdquo; powerfully forward.</p>