Motivating Students
The purpose of this research paper is to present research findings that show motivational teaching strategies to encourage the academic performance and achievement of students. Motivation is the drive on one’s thoughts and actions. Motivation is key to arouse the brain and to activate your senses. Motivation to learn is defined as, “The meaningfulness, value, and benefits of academic tasks to the learner.”
(Lumsden, 1994). Students use motivation in the classroom to stimulate their learning capabilities. “ Some students seem naturally enthusiastic about learning, but many need-or expect-their instructors to inspire, challenge, and stimulate them.” (Gross Davis 1993). To properly motivate one must understand a student’s behaviors. Behaviors that include the logical and illogical, the rational and irrational (Ames, 1984).
Types of Motivation
There are two different types of motivation in human behavior. The first is intrinsic.
In this type of motivation a person does things because he or she wants to do them. “A student who is intrinsically motivated undertakes an activity ‘for its own sake, for the enjoyment it provides, the learning it permits, or the feelings of accomplishment it evokes” (Lumsden 1994). To make a student intrinsically motivated you must make the class relevant to them (Coolidge 1996). When a student realizes the benefits they will have in their lives by doing well in the class, they will be more eager to learn. The second type of motivation is extrinsic. This type of motivation is based on outside things. When a person does something in order to get something physical it is an extrinsic motivator. “An extrinsically motivated student performs ‘in order to obtain s...
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Seifert, K. (1999). Constructing a Psychology of Teaching & Learning. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
This book explores how to reinforce motivation. Motivation that brings about success and failure. How to manage misbehavior.
Tauber, R. (1998). Good or Bad, What Teachers Expect from Students They Generally Get. Retrieved November 16, 2003 from ERIC database.
This article explains how not to let a child’s past or history affect your judgment of them, and how to teach equally to those who misbehave.
Twenty Tips on Motivating Students. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Retrieved November 16, 2003 from http://www.unl.edu/gradstud/GSAP/motivstdnts.html
Gives many tips for being an effective motivator.
Wolk, R. (2003). Worlds Apart. Teacher Magazine, 14(5), pp.5. Retrieved September 24, 2003 from EBSCO database.
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Single sex classes may help to break down stereotypes that the coeducational classroom may inadvertently reinforce. While attending single sex schools, students are more likely to excel in any subject, rather than limit ...
The first of the three, intrinsic motivation, explains that the individual does something purely out of enjoyment, and that the activity is gratifying in itself. Vallerand and O’Connor (1989) came up with a three part grouping of intrinsic motivation. There is intrinsic motivation to experience stimulation, which is doing something for the sensory pleasure it brings, like a person parachuting because they enjoy the sensation of falling through the air. Intrinsic motivation to know relates to doing an activity in order to learn. A person taking an online class to learn more on that field shows off this type of motivation. The last part of intrinsic motivation is to accomplish. This refers to an individual performing an activity for the pleasure of achievement, creating, or to surpass oneself. When a person is focused more on the process of achievement rather than the actual achievements results, they are intrinsically motivated through accomplishment (Vallerand and Grouzet, 2001). Extrinsic motivation is present whenever there some kind of external factors waiting for the individual at the end of the activity. There are four different forms of extrinsic motivation, which are defined by the degree to which the motivation is self-determined (Lapointe and Perreault, 2013). First of the four is integrated regulation, which means an individual joined
Wang, S.‑K., & Han, S. (2001). Six c�s of motivation. In M. Orey (Ed.), Learning, teaching, & technology. Retrieved September 15, 2002, from University of Georgia, Dept. of Instructional Technology Web site: http://itstudio.coe.uga.edu/ebook/6csmotivation.htm
...other to provide for raising a child. It would benefit more if the parents are not together . This money comes from the government agencies as one of the most important things that the government could do for mothers. As a father they wonder about lots of things like should the help a mother who split up with them? Giving them “ reward ” money to women who have sex instead of letting of them suffer. Many mothers call dads a deadbeat dad simply because they are not taking care of their child . Deadbeat dads are not as bad as mothers say they are he is just a made who is having a hard time keeping a job. ( Alexander, Rachel )
These cases have brought much attention to the “stand your ground” laws, and have fueled the national debate about whether or not these laws actually protect people from serious harm, or lead to more shootings and shooting deaths. One of the most famous cases is that of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was walking down a residential street in Florida when he was shot by George Zimmerman, who called 911 to report a “suspicious person,” and then got out of his car to confront Martin himself. Zimmerman claimed that the teenager attacked him and that he shot Martin in self-defense, and was acquitted of any wrongdoing by a jury. Another case reported by Lee is that of 29-year-old Daniel Adkins, a mentally challenged man who walked in front of Cordell Jude’s car as he pulled into the drive through at a Taco Bell in Arizona and waved a dog leash, which Jude mistook for a metal pipe, in the air. Jude shot and killed Adkins, but was not charged with a crime under Arizona’s “stand your ground” laws. According to one Florida attorney interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times, the “stand your ground” defense has also been claimed by a gang members who partook in a public shootout with a rival gang; because he could prove that he was in danger, he faced no charges for his role in the shootout (Montgomery and Jenkins). In response to these and many similar cases, 11 states have since revised their own “stand your ground” laws to address concerns about increased shootings under the law (“Shoot First - ‘Stand Your Ground Laws”
This includes physically, mentally and emotionally well-being. As to the change in child support being petitioned, the judge can determine if one or both parents needs to pay child support, and then subtracting the smaller amount from the greater and the parent with the greater amount paying the difference.
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According to Robert E. Quinn(p.205) there are two types of motivation (extrinsic and intrinsic). Extrinsic motivation refers to the source of motivation in which the behavior concern external factors such as money, praise or rewards. Whereas intrinsic motivation is the behavior which is internally concerning an individual.
Sadker, D.M., Sadker, M.P., and Zittleman, K.R.,(2008) Teachers, Students, and Society (8th ed.).New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Students are more focused and therefore have better test scores in single-sex classrooms. Although stereotypes are formed because of separating genders, a study in the 2009 British Educational Research Journal concluded that in single-sex classrooms, girls achieve more in math and science while boys achieve more in English (Kwong). Stereotypes have been developed early on of what girls and boys are more proficient at. Naturally girls are better at English; boys, math and science (compound sentence: elliptical construction). Single-sex classes encourage girls to pursue more in science and math and boys in English because it takes away gender stereotypes. If a boy and a girl are in the same science class working together, the girl becomes the scribe to write down data while the boy is doing the experiment (Kwong). Math and scien...
The single-sex format creates opportunities that do not exist in the coed classroom. (Edison 1) Researchers are unaware that both genders brains function differently. This lack of knowledge may be why the real truth about single-sex education being more efficient than co-ed education has not been discovered. Some say single-sex education may be the key for a brighter generation. It shows to improve test score dramatically. The number of public schools experimenting with single sex classes is now reported to be more than 350. (Silva 130) Some research also shows that single-sex classes have a more welcoming atmosphere. Single-sex education improves grades while coed educations keep an average pace.
Student motivation can be affected by several factors. These elements include parent involvement, teacher enthusiasm, rewards, peers, the learner’s environment, personal experiences, personal interests of the student, and self-esteem and self-image.
Mullins (2002) also classifies motivation into Intrinsic and Extrinsic types. Intrinsic motivation involves psychological rewards to enhance job satisfaction, such as the opportunity to use one's ability, a sense of achievement, receiving appreciation and positive recognition or being treated in a considerate manner (Mullins, 2002:P490). Such methods ensure employees are constantly motivated while being engaged in activities that are enjoyable and rewarding.