Initial Publication Date: April 11, 2007

Gallery Walk about Motivation

These are the questions and responses from a workshop session about student motivation. You can find all the workshop activities and presentations on the workshop program page. You can find out more information about how to use the Gallery Walk format in your classroom.

Question 1: What are the behaviors of motivated students?

Question 2: What are the behaviors of unmotivated students?

Question 3: Why are some students unmotivated in college classes?

Question 4: Who is responsible for student motivation?

For each of the questions below, participants answered by placing a sticker on a 0 to 100 percent scale. There were two groups of respondents.

  • Place a mark on the scale below to indicate the proportion of responsibility for student motivation that lies with the student and instructor.
  • Place a mark on the scale below to indicate the proportion of responsibility for determining the choice of assignments that lies with the student and instructor.
  • Place a mark on the scale below to indicate the proportion of responsibility for determining the classroom environment (e.g., structure and organization of class) that lies with the student and instructor.