Read Chapter 12 Motivation in Learning and Teaching. After reading the chapter go to the What Would You Do? (Case Study on p. 451) Select 3 of the 5 questions to respond to. Use evidence from the chapter reading in your responses.
Respond to the poll on this blog concerning intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
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1) How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteIn order to make the topics and tasks in the workbooks more interesting for my students, I would try to come up with different activities for them to do that go along with the certain topic. This way, my students will hopefully understand the topic and will be able to learn about it in an entertaining way.
2) What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
I need to know whether or not the motivation is intrinsic or extrinsic. Do my students want to do well for themselves, or do they want to do well in order to achieve something (rewards, good grades, ect.)?
3) What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
I need to know about my students personality. Do they usually like doing their work? Are they stubborn in completing assignments? Are they very knowledgable about certain subjects? Can they study well? I need to know these things because each student has their own way of completing their work and being motivated.
How would you establish the value of learning this material?
ReplyDeleteTo establish the value of learning this material, I need to use intrinsic and extrinsic motivation strategies. In order to establish attainment value, I need to connect the learning task with the needs of my students. Some strategies for encouraging intrinsic motivation are: tie class activities to student interests, arouse curiosity, make the learning task fun, and make use of novelty and familiarity. According to the book, it is sometimes difficult to encourage intrinsic motivation, so teachers rely on “instrumental” values of tasks. By learning many skills, it will help when students are in more advanced classes and life outside the classroom.
What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
I need to know if student’s motivation is due to intrinsic— motivation associated with activities that are their own reward or extrinsic-motivation created by external factors such as rewards and punishments. I also need to know how basic needs, self-determination, epistemological beliefs, beliefs about ability, and self-worth affect motivation. I also need to look at the five general approaches to motivation.
What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
From my students, I need to know their competence and the causes for success or failure. Start with the question: What do students believe about knowing? Their epistemological beliefs will help influence their motivation and the various strategies that they use. This includes: Structure of Knowledge- is knowledge in a field a simple set of facts or a complex structure of concepts/relationships? Stability/Certainty of Knowledge- Is knowledge fixed or does it evolve over time? Ability to Learn: Is the ability to learn fixed (based on innate ability) or changeable. Speed of Learning: Can the student gain knowledge quickly or does it take time to develop knowledge? Nature of Learning: Does learning mean memorizing facts passed down from authorities and keep the facts isolated, or does it mean developing your own integrated understanding?
In addition to last question, I need to make decisions that influence student motivation to learn (TARGET) When students encounter tasks, relate it to their interest, stimulate their curiosity, and connect to real-life situations.
ReplyDelete1. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteTo arouse curiosity and interest in the topics and boring workbooks, I would first need to know my students well and understand what interests them. I may not be able to spark everyone’s interest with every lesson; so, it will be necessary to relate the topics to real-life events and problems. I can also incorporate physical activity or other surprises. Actively involving the students in activities will interest them as well. I must lead my students to the point in which they have an information gap to spark their curiosity. I must allow plenty of time for Q & A so that everyone understands each topic.
4. What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems? First of all, there are five views of motivation and I need to understand all of them. Some feel motivation is behavioral and it occurs when there is a reward in sight. Others feel motivation is intrinsic and caused by a need for self-esteem or to fulfill personal expectations. I need to realize that students are not usually motivated to learn if they feel they will never achieve success. Also, students may be good at something but not have the drive to do it if the value of the reward is not personally important. Another view insists motivation increases by allowing students to learn in a community setting.
5. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
I need to know the level of my students needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness. I need to know whether they are motivated intrinsically, extrinsically, or both. Understanding how to set realistic goals is important when trying to motivate students. Goals should be set to help students learn and improve rather than based on performance. I also need to know what my students believe about knowledge and learning. I need to know their level of self-efficacy because as the book states, “feelings matter” (pg. 468). Students should also be given some choices in their assignments and competition should be against their own personal best, not other students.
How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
ReplyDeleteEven though the texts look pretty high-level for my students, I think it is important to believe that they can learn and be able to handle the texts. I feel that high expectations help students learn, while having low expectations hinder learning. It is important to not have a strictly entity view of ability, believing that ability is a stable and uncontrollable trait of the students. Having an incremental view of ability is the belief that ability is unstable and controllable, that knowledge can expand and grow. By having that belief, I will set mastery goals and seek situations where the students can improve their skills and gain more knowledge and higher abilities.
What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
To solve these problems, I must understand the difference between intrinsic (motivation associated with activities that are their own reward) and extrinsic (motivation created by external factors such as rewards and punishments) motivations. An understanding of the five general approaches to motivation- behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, social cognitive, and sociocultural- would be useful as well.
What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
To motivate my students, I must know what goals they have set for themselves, their beliefs about self-worth, whether the student is mastery-oriented, failure-avoiding, or failure-accepting, their interests, and their anxiety levels. By understanding those factors about the students, I can better motivate them and encourage them to make the best of the resources we have available to us in the classroom.
1. How would you establish the value of learning this material?
ReplyDelete- I would make it fun and interesting for the students, for their interests, curiosity, emotions, and anxiety. Some examples are interesting subjects, working in groups, working with technology, working outside the classroom (outside, library, etc.).
2. What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
-First, you need to know what the definition is. Motivation is an internal state that arouses, directs, and maintains behavior. There are also two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic is the natural human tendency to seek out and conquer challenges as we pursue personal interests and exercises our capabilities. Extrinsic is when we do something in order to earn a grade, avoid punishment, please the teacher, or for some other reason that has very little to do with the task itself. Finally, you need to know the five general approaches to motivation: behavioral approaches to motivation, humanistic approaches to motivation, cognitive approaches to motivation, social cognitive theories, and sociocultural conceptions of motivation.
3. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
-First you have to see how well motivated your students are in the beginning. Do some say, "I can't do this! This is too hard!", do some freeze and forget, or do some do perfectly fine? You also need to know if some are intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. Also, knowing their goals also will help you as a teacher and the students as well.
1. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topic and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher I would get my students involved. I would never just let my class sit in their desks and work out of workbooks. I would see what my students know and what they would like to know. Then as I develop my lesson plans I would consider all of that. As a teacher I would have activities for my students so they become involved and excited about learning. The last thing I would do is make sure that what I am teaching is able to connect with something my students already know.
3. How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
I would make sure that my students know they are able to do anything. I would never tell my students that their textbooks are to advance for them. I believe that if you let children think they can do it, they will be able to accomplish anything. If I feel that their textbooks are too high of a level, then I would incorporate other materials into my classroom. We would use outside resources, such as other books, books at the library, magazines, the internet, and anything I can find. I think that just believing in my students will be good enough, and then they see that they are able to learn through these books.
5. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
In order to motivate my students, I need to their personalities and what they enjoy. I should know my students interest and if they like doing activities, going outside, reading, just different things that my students will enjoy. I would know which one of my students are intrinsic and which ones are extrinsic motivation, then I will make sure to have a both incorporated in my classroom. I think just knowing my students all round and seeing what they like and what they get excited would really help me motivate them.
5. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
ReplyDeleteIn order to motivate my students I have to know the best way they each learn. By doing this I can try and make learning fun and easy for all of my students. I need to know there personalities, behaviors, and what they are simply interested in. By doing this I can incorporate different learning styles such as students who learn best by hands on activities, outside activist, even relating back to prior experiences. I need to know where my students weak and strong points are such as reading, math, writing, science, social studies and so forth. This will help me motivate them by starting with what they like. I could give an assessment test (not graded) so I can see where they are at and look at what they already know so I can motivate them by using their previous knowledge to. Also I would know which one of my students are intrinsic and which ones are extrinsic motivation, then I will make sure to have a both incorporated in my classroom. I think it is very important to know each of your students individually as well as a whole class so you know what they like doing together and separately. This will help me in to motivating these students.
4. What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
Knowing that motivation is usually defines as an internal state that arouses, directs, and maintains behavior. Psychologists studying motivation focus on five basic questions: What choices do people make about their behavior? How long does it take to get started? What is the intensity or level of involvement in the chosen activity? What causes a person to persist or to give up? What is the person thinking and feeling while engaging in the activity? While looking at these questions it is also important to notice the many factors that influence motivation and engage learning.
There are also two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic is the natural human tendency to seek out and conquer challenges as we pursue personal interests and exercises our capabilities. Extrinsic is when we do something in order to earn a grade, avoid punishment, please the teacher, or for some other reason that has very little to do with the task itself. It is also great to know about the five general approaches to motivation. These are Behavioral Approaches to Motivation, Humanistic Approaches to Motivation, and Cognitive Approaches to Motivation, Social Cognitive Theories, and Sociocultural Conceptions of Motivation.
1. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
To arouse the students’ curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbook I would have to find out what motivates them and how each one enjoys learning. I would try and incorporate fun learning activities that deals with the same content of the workbook. I know workbooks can tend to be boring but a fun lesson plan that fits the student learning can be more beneficial to the student. Such as learning about money it may be boring looking at the pictures trying to figure out which ones are pennies and nickels. A fun lesson plan that kids may enjoy that is hands on would be bringing in fake money and having them find the correct money or using their workbooks and comparing the two. I think doing activities along with the book with help arouse the students curiosity.
1. How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
ReplyDeleteI think it is important for the students to be given high expectations, but it is also important for expectations to be reasonable and not too difficult to achieve. So, although it may seem difficult, that just means that we will have to work extra hard. I, as the teacher, will have to work to motivate my students to want to learn. I would also like to use other materials and resources, plus do interactive activities to engage my students so that they can fully understand the subject and be able to learn without the use of one single resource, such as a textbook.
2. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
In order to arouse the students' curiosity and interests, I would first have to know what they are. I want my students to know that they can always speak their minds and give their opinions about the things that we learn. I want my students, most importantly the shy ones, to be able to express the way they feel about our classroom and learn what they want to learn. I want to know how the students want to achieve their goals. As the teacher, I will make sure that I ask the students for their input on activities and interests. The students will be happy and more motivated to learn if I teach what they want to learn. It is important for the teacher to be open minded and creative to motivate the students and come up with activities that the students will most benefit from. I would want to base activities on real-life problems. This way, students can make necessary connections and get a better understanding of the lesson.
3. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
I need to be able to assess each of my students to know what motivates them, and what does not motivate them. I need to know what kind of choices each student makes. Do my students focus on homework or do they play video games instead? If many students like to watch t.v., or play video games instead, is there a way I could incorporate the t.v. into their homework? Maybe a news review or weather report could be a homework assignment?
How long does it make my students to get started? Do the students start right away or procrastinate? If procrastination is an issue, it could be because the students are bored with their assignments. I must find activites that will make the students want to do homework!
What is the intensity or level of involvement in the chosen activity? I want my students to be actively engaged in the activity. Use of technology is an excellent way to do this.
What causes a person to persist or to give up? I need to find out if the students have intrinsic or extrinsic motivation, and build on that. Also, do the students know how the assingment will benefit them now or in the future? Helping to show this will benefit the student.
What is the person thinking or feeling while engaged in this activity? I would want to make sure the students are not feeling stressed out about any testing or any other assessment. If one of my students had an anxiety issue when taking tests, I would read the test to the student and maybe taking the test one on one with me could help ease some of the tension. Maybe an oral test, instead of a written test, could benefit the child.
3. How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
ReplyDeleteThe texts are high level for the students, but the objectives are important. The district curriculum will be assessing my students in the spring time. Starting now until spring, I must make these learning objectives anything but boring. I will start by breaking the learning objectives down into attainable goals for the students. Motivation will be my high priority in stimulating the students for these objectives. Creating enjoyment and a pleasurable experience towards learning these objectives will be a main precedence. One motivational approach will be to use Sociocultural conceptions. My students will be working in groups, which will encourage them to learn by working together as a community. I will also use the behavioral approach and reward with positive encouragement which will increase their self esteem. The humanistic approach is also important. Self actualization and motivating a student’s inner resources is significant when learning these objectives.
4. What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
It is our job as teachers to create a learning environment that is engaging and appropriate to the students needs. We need to learn about the different kinds of motivation so that we can apply these motivational techniques towards our students. As there are different kinds of motivational techniques, there many different types of students in the classrooms. Every student will learn in their own unique way, teachers must motivate to engage this learning and to maintain it.
5. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
Knowing your students on a personal level and establishing a close emotional bond will show a high intrinsic motivation. Gaining knowledge of their individual learning techniques will help discover which motivation technique to use. Communication is extremely important and allowing children to accomplish their self-selected goals will encourage individual motivation.
How would you establish the value of learning this material?
ReplyDelete- I would make the material as interesting as possible for them by appealing to many different aspects, such as their interests, curiostiy, emotions. I would have them work in groups and incorporate outside learning to keep them interested. I would use both intrinsic and extrinsic motivational techniques with all these approaches.
What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
- I would need to know about their personality; do they like to do their homework, what area is their speciality. I would need to know about their processing techniques and their speed of leraning. Are they intrinsically or extrinsically motivated? What are their goals and anxiety levels?
How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
- I would believe in them, believe that they can master it and have high expectations for them, I would not tell them that they may not be able to handle it because that wouldn't motivate them at all. I would try to incorporate other materials to try and break up the texts and use some interactive activities. I would also praise them whenever possible
1.) How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteYou could arouse student curiosity and interest by actually learning about their interests and incorporating the interests into the assignments and activities that go with the workbooks. As a teacher, you could add your own variety of things that would go along with the workbook, and could also keep the attention of the students. This could encourage them to work towards their learning goals. A teacher could also add physical activities that may bring out more curiosity and interest in the certain topics.
4.) What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
You need to know that motivation is an internal state that arouses, directs, and maintains behavior. There are many factors that influence a person’s motivation. A teacher needs to work towards finding what factors influence each student most effectively. Some factors could rely on personal factors such as needs, interests, or curiosity. Others could be environmental factors such as rewards, social pressure, or punishment. With these factors are two types of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is associated with activities that are their own reward. Extrinsic motivation is created by the external factors like the rewards and punishments. You also need to know the five general approaches to motivation. Those are behavioral approaches, humanistic approaches, cognitive approaches, social-cognitive theories, and sociocultural conceptions of motivation.
5.) What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
In order to motivate your students you need to know their interests, what brings out their curiosity, what can bring out positive emotions, and if anxious, what is making them anxious. To add interest and motivation, a teacher could relate content objectives to student experiences. For positive emotions, increasing student achievement is the best way. A teacher should make sure that they are pointing out how well a student is doing in a certain area instead of continuously pointing out the areas that a student is having problems in as well. To help with anxiety, a teacher should use competition carefully, avoid situations in which highly anxious students will have to perform in front of large groups, and making sure instructions are clear. One should also avoid unnecessary time pressures, remove some pressures from major tests, develop alternatives to written tests, and teach students self-regulation strategies.
What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
ReplyDeleteIt is important to discover how your students’ best learn and what sparks their curiosity. Some may prefer to act out a story, while others may prefer to tell about it. Some children prefer to work by themselves while others would rather work in a group. Are your students intrinsically or extrinsically motivated? What do they all ready know? What do they want to know? What ways will they best learn and remember what they are taught? What are their interests? What are their feelings about themselves and their self worth? Answers to these questions are all invaluable in planning on how to achieve the goals of each individual student.
How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
Workbook work is often no more than “busy” work and does not relate to real world in many cases. If you are teaching a lesson use the student’s prior knowledge to build upon the lesson. Using outside reading materials that correlate- one’s that the student has a choice about, use manipulatives, group work, centers, etc.. Workbooks can be used in conjunction with a lesson for assessment, but not as the lesson itself.
What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
The five general approaches to motivation would help you to understand what you need to do in order to motivate the various personalities in your classroom. Does the student require a behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, social cognitive, or a sociocultural approach? Understanding Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is also helpful when problem solving and motivating. What do your students need from you in order to succeed?
How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteI would arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks by first asking them to write me a journal entry about their favorite thing to do and why. Once I read them I can make real life connections to the material and their own personal interests. I would also ask them how they would teach the lesson if they could be the teacher for the day.
How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
I would handle the difficulty level of the texts by having the students write up their academic goals after taking pretests. If they have goals set to achieve, then that right there can be a motivator for them to work harder. I will also expect them to reach higher than they thought they could actually be capable of reaching.
What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
What I would need to know about my students to motivate them is what kind of motivaiton does it take for them to get on the ball. Are they intrinically motivated or extrinsically motivated? I also need to know their background, their interests, their goals, and any fears or anxieties they have about school. The more you know about a child, the more you'll be able to accomodate for thier needs.
1. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteOne way I could do this would be by starting them off with a more interactive activity to get them interested in the topic. I could also tweak the activities so the learning goal is still the same, but the activity is more appealing to my students.
2. How would you handle the difficulty level of the texts?
To help students with the difficulty of the texts, I would provide a lot of other resources and books on the topic. These could be gathered from the school or public library. I could also have my students read the text in groups or as a class. Another option could be to choose certain parts of the texts for the students to use, so it is more focused. Most importantly, I would keep high expectation for my students. They need to know they are capable of reading such material.
3. What would you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
I would need to know how my students learn best. I would also need to know their different learning needs. Knowing the different types of approaches to motivation would be helpful, too. Along with which approaches my students respond to the best.
1. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteI must first get the students to be cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally engaged in the topics in the workbook. I would do so by creating more life-like activites to go along with the workbook sheets. I would create a more interactive learning opportunity by giving them different activities with the workbooks.
4. What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
Many factors influence motivation and engaged learning. Each student presents a different motivational challenge. There are two kinds of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic, like the humanistic approach, is the self motivation where no incentives or punishments are used for the motivation. While, extrinsic, behavioral approach, is motivation where we care only about what we will gain. This is the main motivation. So, as a teacher I would try and give the students a good example of what there is to gain about learning a specific topic.
5. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
The more I know about my students the better I will be able to motivate them. The more I find out about a specific student the better I could chose a motivation strategy for him or her. I would need to know if the student is intrinsically motivated or extrinsically motivated. This will allow me to create a broad strategy for motivation, like using rewards or not. Also, their interest could give me a good basic understanding of what to use to motivate my students. Also, I would use their background, goals, and fears as another tool to find the best way to motivate all my students. The truth is that the more you know your students and interact with them, the more they will be motivated by just pleasing you.
1) How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that I would do is create many fun activities that would peak my students interest and the want for them to get involved. Then I would also have many discussions over the text reading to ensure that the students understand the material. I would ask them questions like what did you like about the reading or what do you find interesting. I would also ask them if they had any questions about the reading, I would even have specific key questions that I would ask to make sure that they are getting the necessary information out of the reading,
4) What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
I would need to understand what energizes and directs their behavior. Is it drives, basic desires, needs, incentives, fears, goals, social pressure, self-confidence, interests, curiosity, etc. I would need to know the difference between intrinsic motivation-the natural tendency to seek out and conquer challenges or extrinsic motivation- doing something in order to earn a grade, avoid punishment, please a teacher, or any other reason that really has nothing to do with the task itself. When one is intrinsically motivated rewards and punishments are not needed. One is satisfied by the activity itself.
5) What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
I need to know more about my students’ ability and what makes them succeed and what makes them fail or have troubles. I need to know what my students key factor are in motivation so that I can use them. Do my students need direction in completing their tasks and assignments or so they work well simply by assigning a task and allowed freedom. Do my students need extra discussion do they work well together? What drives my students to succeed? Each student will be different so it is important for me to understand how each student works and what each student is motivated by.
5. What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher, it will be my responsibility to know as much about my students as possible in order to best facilitate their needs and motivate. I would need to know what style of learning they perform best at. I would need to know what their interests and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
1. How would you arouse student curiousity and interests about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
In order to arouse interest for students during workbook activities, I would be a facilitator. We would begin the workbook page as a class with me engaging the students concerning the task at hand. I will provide examples, and depending on the subject, manipulatives to peak interest and curiousity. I would also encourage partnering or group work during workbook activities which may be a way to motivate the students.If the workbook page were concerning sentence structure, upon completing the worksheet, students could construct their own sentences using the components covered on the workbook page, either partnered, in groups or as a whole class.
4. What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
I must understand the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation involves activities where when completed the student receives their own reward a sense of accomplishment or achievemnt. Extrinsic motivation is created by external factors; such as rewards and punishments. Knowing the difference between the two different types of motivation is not all you to to be aware of. I would need to have an understanding of the five general aproaches to motivation; behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, social cognitive or sociocultural
1. How would you arouse student curiosity and interest about the topics and tasks in the workbooks?
ReplyDeleteTo help my students become more interested in what I try to teach them I would give them an activity that is fun and that the students can relate to. By making it fun and something they can relate to I think the students will be able to understand and enjoy the lesson more. Also it helps when you know and understand each students individual interest.
2.What do you need to know about motivation to solve these problems?
There are five approaches you would need to know about motivation.
Behavioral--understanding of student motivation using careful analysis of rewards and incentives.
Humanistic--emphasizing on intrinsic sources of motivation to what a person needs.
Cognitive--Emphasize on intrinsic motivation.
Social Cognitive--integrations of both behavioral and cognitive approaches.
Sociocultural conceptions--emphasizes participation in communities of practice. Students are motivated to learn if they are members of a classroom or school community that values learning.
3.What do you need to know about your students in order to motivate them?
I need to know what my students are interested in. Finding activities that students enjoy can help tremendously in teaching them a lesson. Using certain activities that students enjoy can catch and hold each students interest and thus make the lesson more interesting and the students will be more willing to learn.