Counseling and Student Motivation:

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• Counseling and Student Motivation
• Case Studies
• BY
• Dr. Saad Ali Aiban
• Director, Counseling and Advising Center
• KFUPM
• Saiban_at_kfupm.edu.sa

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Internal versus External motivation

• Many educators think the best motivation is self
  motivation or internal motivation. In the
  classroom, self-motivation operates independently
  of the instructor. However, learning can be
  improved by external motivation supplied by the
  environment or the instructor / counselor.

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Motivating Students

• Improve their Skills
• Attribution Retraining
• Self-Confidence

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Improve the skills

• Time Management
• Learning / Study Habits
• Stress Management
• Goal Setting
• Preparing for the Class
• Etc.

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Attribution Retraining

• The goals of attribution retraining are to help
  students to
• concentrate on the tasks rather than becoming
  distracted by fear of failure
• respond to frustration by retracing their steps
  to find mistakes or figuring out alternative ways
  of approaching a problem instead of giving up
  and
• attribute their failures to insufficient effort,
  lack of information, or reliance on ineffective
  strategies rather than to lack of ability

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Self-Confidence

• Strategies for Developing Confidence
• - Emphasize Strengths
• - Take Risks
• - Self-Evaluate

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Additional Motivation Issues

• De-emphasizing Grades
• Make Students Active Participants in Learning
• Make Students Hold High but Realistic
  Expectations
• Strengthen Students' Self-Motivation
• Be Enthusiastic about the Subject

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Typical Cases

• Average Students
• Honor Students
• Low Performing Students ??????

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Remarks

• What CAAC does (Beginning Through the Semester,
  Readmitted Students, )
• Cases of NO-RESPONSE / Difficult Cases
• Collective Effort
• Call For Participation !!!!

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