For this design study, student motivation was measured by comparing the percent of students who submitted an
extra credit assignment, and the percent of students who submitted the required journal entries and assignments.
Although other extenuating factors might have an influential effect on these aspects of student behavior, it is
believed that assignment completion and completing an additional assignment for extra credit are representative
of student motivation for these sections. The students in the web-facilitated section were much more likely to
complete the extra credit assignment than the students in the online section. Further, the number of students who
did not submit journal entries was higher in the online sections, as demonstrated by the lower average scores for
the assignment, since students who did not submit a journal entry received a grade of zero for the assignment