Intrinsic Motivation post 2

I think that Hannah has low self-efficacy and does not believe that she is capable of the schoolwork even when the teacher tells her she has been doing the work the whole time. Hannah has become dependent on the scaffolding and babysitting that the teacher provides when she claims she cannot accomplish the task put in front of her. Hannah might also be overwhelmed by an assignment as a whole, but when the teacher breaks it down into manageable pieces Hannah understands how to do the assignment. If the assignment is overwhelming the teacher might try to break the problem down in worksheet form ahead of time and give that assignment first. Then present the assignment as a whole and show how the broken down assignment gets to the whole assignment. This could help Hannah internalize the step by step process for the math assignment. If she were to start doing well she might gain self efficacy and come to expect that she can finish an assignment on her own.