The Importance Of Motivation For Students

My approach with motivating a student to become successful is never the same. All students are capable of learning. Unfortunately, many learn at different paces, which may not be consistent with their current grade level or age group. I’ve learned to keep trying. Each student is different. The pace of their success is at different levels. I often had classrooms with the majority of the students performing below grade level and had behavior issues. According to Cushman

(2014) educators lay the foundation to motivation when they create a safe and caring environment for students (Cushman, 2014, p.19). As a teacher, I’ve always succeeded with bringing students up to where they needed to be or higher than what they were before. I’ve always encouraged students to be

Linnenbrink and Pintrich (2002) explains self-efficacy is a judgment based on actual accomplishments and failures (Linnenbrink & Pintrich, 2002, p. 315). As a teacher leader I will build students’ self-efficacy by allowing them to show how they are responsible for their own learning. Hopefully, their confidence will increase and they will accomplish new tasks without any doubt. When students are given the opportunity to show or demonstrate what they have learned, they will process it and be able to apply it to new learning. For example, to encourage appropriate performances for students with behavior challenges, each student will be allowed to explain to each other before they complete assessments what behavior to display during testing.

This strategy will allow for the students to clarify any misunderstandings they may be experiencing in regards to completing the assessments. Margolis and McCabe (2006) tells self- efficacy is the judgment students make about their ability to succeed on a task (Margolis &

McCabe, 2006, p. 219). Furthermore, students will collaborate with peers by reviewing how they should perform on assessments and motivate on task