Using a Motivational Typology to Understand and Respond to Disruptive Behavior
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2022
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Birch, Heather J. S.
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Disruptive students
Behavior
Psychology
Marczewski, Andrzej. User Type Hexad Test
Motivational tendencies
Self-Determination Theory
Disruptor
Positive disruption
Online learning
Mobile learning
User types
Behavior
Psychology
Marczewski, Andrzej. User Type Hexad Test
Motivational tendencies
Self-Determination Theory
Disruptor
Positive disruption
Online learning
Mobile learning
User types
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Birch, Heather J. S. “Using a Motivational Typology to Understand and Respond to Disruptive Behavior.” Journal of Online Learning Research 8, no. 3 (2022): 369-391.
Abstract
This case study is about understanding disruptive students who are motivated by a psychological need to invoke change in a learning space. Marczewski’s User Types Test, a typology for classifying both intrinsic and extrinsic motivational tendencies, and based on Self-Determination Theory, was ad- ministered to 14 participants, aged 9 through 15, to determine their User Type profile; one participant emerged as a Disruptor. The semiotic signs created by the Disruptor in an online learning platform were collected and analyzed to determine the unique behaviour patterns of a Disruptor, in contrast with Marczewski’s other User Types, including Philanthropist, Achiever, Socializer, Free Spirit, and Explorer. Implications for online instructors include understanding why Disruptors interrupt, interrogate, and intimidate, and possible strategies for responding, including nudging toward positive disruption, designing for Disruptors, and acknowledging and celebrating disruption in cases where it may facilitate (and not hinder) learning.
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Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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Copyright, Heather J.S. Birch. All rights reserved.
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