Identifying Motivational Problems

Abstract

This chapter covers the getting started and analysis phases of the systematic motivational design process which consist of the first five steps in the ten-step process. This overall process has wide application as evidenced by having been implemented in many different cultures and schools at all levels from kindergarten through adult continuing education and training. This process can be implemented in a highly procedural manner with detailed documentation of each step or as a general heuristic guide to thinking and planning. In formal design settings, where decisions might be reviewed, personnel assigned to the tasks might change, or modifications might be made to the instruction, it can be helpful to have documentation that explains what happened at each step. But, if you are following the process for your own course, then you might require only a few notes which will serve as reminders when you prepare to offer this course in the future. The important thing is the process represented by these steps, not the specific questions in the worksheets. As you use these worksheets, I expect that you will modify them to fit your situation. In the remainder of this chapter, each step is introduced and a detailed description of the worksheet is provided