Report Card
Motivational Patterns:
In this comic Calvin is lacking in his education. He does not have a planner, is not up to date on his school work, and is not paying attention or putting his schoolwork as a first priority.
Why they occur
His parents, one of his main forms of learning how to self-regulate, yell at him when he gets bad grades. This doesn't motivate Calvin to get better grades but to dread looking forward to report card days.
Advice for Ms. wormwood
Ms. Wormwood should have students set academic goals at the beginning of the semester so that the students are aware that their report cards are coming and they are able to monitor their progress on their academic goals.