More on Motivation

I have been thinking more about the two models of motivation goal orientation: 1) mastery and 2) performance. It strikes me that if the evaluation methods were ideal, then the two goals would actually be the same thing, that is that tests and grading would evaluate true mastery of material. It is certainly challenging, though, to have an examination and grading system that accurately measures students' mastery of material. Too often I think that testing encourages only rote short-term memorization of material and not deep understanding.