Motivation
“If student’s aren’t motivated, it is difficult if not impossible to improve their academic achievement, no matter how good the teacher, curriculum or school” (Alexandra, 2012). Motivation is a key factor into students education. It is defined as something that energizes, directs and sustains behavior, it gets students moving, point them in a particular direction, and keeps them going (Ormrod, 2008). If students aren’t motivated to learn they will not absorb information and may not develop goals and dreams academically. There are many types, styles and theories that help motivate students in and out of the classroom. Motivation helps students develop and excel at expectations for themselves. Motivation is both individual and group
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It is defined as “resulting from factors external to the individual and unrelated to the task being preformed” (Ormrod, 2008). Students could be offered rewards, have appropriate competition and have relevance of instruction. An example of an extrinsic reward from Teacher 1 was allowing students to have tests slips. If a student studies for a test at home and has it signed by a parent they may get extra points; if they miss some but never get over 100%. Another way they motivate their students extrinsically is by having drawing each week of students who get slips with their name on it for turning in a permission slip early, being the first one ready in class or getting 100% on a test. The rewards for the drawings are academic materials such as erasers, pens, folders and notebooks. Once a month the grade gets together (except students with detention) and has treats and drawings again. Another extrinsic motivation Teacher 1 mentioned was “money” ranging from 50 to 200 that has the classes’ pictures on them. This is done toward the second half of the year. The students collect the “money” and at the end of the year they can use the “money” on iPads, bikes, games and toys. This was only for the fifth grade students. Advantages of extrinsic motivation are that it changes behaviors quickly, it requires little effort or preparation, and requires little knowledge of the student. Disadvantages are provides …show more content…
Contributing to a source if bias can affect students motivation. Teachers need to remember not to lower expectations due to sex, race, appearance, student’s behavior, and more. Sex can lower expectations for boys and girls. Examples are saying that Girls mature faster and boys always misbehave. Race also lowers expectations because some may think it is a set back to be a minority or even think being a minority means your better than everyone else. Depending on student’s clothes and their hygiene teachers may become bias of their type of living environment. Some teachers may even give students with poor behavior less homework or fewer expectations because of it. Tracking and grouping students can also affect their motivation. When placed in a different class because of ability the student my start doubting themselves or start believing they are different or less then others. This always for the students in the upper track to benefit more then the lower and in some cases less qualified teachers are teaching the students who need the most help. Once students are placed in lower ability classes they end up being stuck in them. Teachers need to remember to not be bias against students. Teachers should give verbal and non-verbal warmth and acceptance to all students. They should also
Ever since I began my teaching career, I have been fascinated with the topic of motivation and the role it plays in student learning. Daniel Pink’s book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, has been on my personal reading list for a couple of years now, and I was elated to find that it was one of the recommended books to read for this assignment. I have often wondered why some of my students, and even one of my own children, are more internally driven than others to complete a given task. Now that I am in the process of becoming a school administrator, my curiosity about what motivates adults has been heightened, as well. In the hopes of finding some insight, and perhaps the answers to some of my burning questions, I finally picked up Daniel Pink’s book and began reading.
“It’s motivation that is the key, not the emphasis or innate ability or personality… its finding a way to engage every child in meaningful activities and helping them to enjoy learning” (Groundwater Smith, 2006, p. 84) Students are motivated in many different ways, some can be motivated by the social side of school, being involved in extracurricular activities. Another student may be more interested in the learning delivered in the classroom setting and excelling in set tasks given by the teachers. Ormrod (2010) discusses how motivation affects students in a positive way, directing their behavior towards particular goal and leading to increased effort and energy and also increasing initiation of and persistence in activities. I believe that motivation helped in achieving certain goals in my schooling days. An example of this is shown in the awards system that is som...
“Motivation is a complex part of human psychology and behavior that influences how individuals choose to invest their time, how much energy they exert in any given task, how they think and feel about the task, and how long they persist at the task” (Urdan & Schoenfelder, 2006). The biggest question educators face in today’s classroom is what motivates a student to do something and why? Virtually all students are motivated in one way or another. Research of student motivation suggests a theory that emphasizes a social-cognitive perspective. The cognition of students regarding academic work are influenced by social factors, such as messages from the teacher about the difficulty of the task, the perceived abilities of classmates, and the information about the importance of learning the material (Urdan & Schoenfelder, 2006). In this paper the focus will primarily be on those elements within the classroom that influence student motivation and engagement.
Many researches have been conducted to investigate what motivates students for better academic performance and whether it has a correlation with achievement motivation.
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Learning is more controlled by the student rather than the teacher so that the student is learning what they are ready to learn and motivation comes from internal satisfaction of mastering said tasks. Goals may include choosing activities based on own interests, communicate in some way satisfaction of task mastery, and showing interest and working in various areas of the classroom (Sciarra, Dorsey, Lynch, & Adams, 2013, p.
“Motivation is the process whereby goal-orientated activity is instigated and sustained” (Schunk, Pintrich & Meece, 2008. As cited in Eggen & Kauchak, 2010, p.284). Motivation comes in many forms and can be divided into two broad categories - extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivators are external factors which can motivate a student; rewards are an example of this. An issue with extrinsic motivators is that the desire for the learner to participate often lessens, once the rewards are withdrawn (McCullers, 1987). On the other hand intrinsic motivation comes from within - learning for the joy of it - where the desire to learn leads to a higher level of knowledge, and is a reward in itself. Kohn (1996, p.285) states that research suggests, “Rewards actually decrease interest in intrinsically motivating tasks, therefore sending the wrong message about learning” (as cited in Eggen & Kauchak, 2010a)
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In daily life, we need motivation to improve our performance in our job or in studies. Motivation is an internal force, dependent on the needs that drive a person to achieve. In the other words, motivation is a consequence of expectations of the future while satisfaction is a consequence of past events (Carr, 2005). We need to give reward to our self when we did correctly or we has achieve our target. Reward is something that we are given because we have behaved well, worked hard, or provided a service to the community. Theories of motivation can be used to explain the behavior and attitude of employees (Rowley, 1996; Weaver, 1998). The theories include content theories, based on assumptions that people have individual needs, which motivate their action. Meanwhile according to Robbins (2001), motivation is a needs-satisfying process, which means that when a person's needs are satisfied by certain factors, the person will exert superior effort toward attaining organizational goals. Schulze and Steyn (2003) affirmed that in order to understand people’s behavior at work, managers or supervisors must be aware of the concept of needs or motives which will help “move” their employees to act.Theories such as Maslow (1954), McClelland (1961), Herzberg (1966) and Alderfer (1969) are renowned for their works in this field. The intrinsic reward or also be known as motivators factors is the part of Herzberg motivation theory. Motivators are involve factors built into the job or the studies itself such as achievement, recognition, responsibility and advancement. Hygiene factors are extrinsic to the job such as interpersonal relationship, salary, supervision and company policy (Herzberg, 1966. There have two factors that are called hygiene fac...
Because motivation is a very strong will power to support students to complete their goal or stay focus to overcome laziness. Next, students can reward themselves after they done something good or finish their schoolwork. The reward don’t have to be big or good, a little thing like pizza or go play game to relax their brain will help them, and make them feel accomplish. The last thing to do is stay active at all time, after done schoolwork, students can go workout or just go outside and run around for thirty minutes will help them clear their brain and make them
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.
One contributing factor towards student success is student motivation. Motivation is reading unassigned books out of class that relate to the class subject matter, just to expand his or her knowledge. The need or want type of actions a persons’ mentality is, to reach a personal goal or objective of some sort. People’s motivational purpose in school can range from, higher earning potential, more job stability, greater benefits, and even just to gain more knowledge. In a YouTube video entitled “The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us” by Dan Pink, he suggests that three elements: purpose, mastery, and autonomy play a part towards true motivation. Autonomy is ones self-drive, while
Motivation is really important tool in a learning environment. Also motivation effects student learning and their behavior as well. It directs behavior towards particular targets. Also it effect the decision which students takes. In motivation mainly we have two types which is intrinsically and extrinsically being motivated. For example: when a student is intrinsically motivated they just do it for themselves not because of the reward that they will get back. It’s just because they have their own interest and they enjoy doing that. On the other side, when a student is extrinsically motivated they just do it for the reward that they will get. That’s why in learning process it’s important that each student should