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IMPROVING STUDENT MOTIVATION

IMPROVING STUDENT MOTIVATION. How do you increase student motivation? Today we will share effective and creative ideas & strategies to enhance student motivation. 4/24/12. What is Motivation?.

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IMPROVING STUDENT MOTIVATION

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  1. IMPROVING STUDENT MOTIVATION How do you increase student motivation? Today we will share effective and creative ideas & strategies to enhance student motivation. 4/24/12

  2. What is Motivation? • Student motivation refers to a student's interest, desire, compulsion, and need to participate in and be successful in the learning process. It is generally accepted that student motivation plays a key role in academic learning. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/410699

  3. Extrinsic Motivation • Extrinsic motivation refers to the performance of an activity in order to attain an outcome (reward or punishment).

  4. Intrinsic Motivation “Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself, and exists within the individual rather than relying on any external pressure. Intrinsic Motivation is based on taking pleasure in an activity rather than working towards an external reward. Students who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to engage in the task willingly as well as work to improve their skills, which will increase their capabilities”.

  5. Students are likely to be intrinsically motivated if they: • attribute their educational results to factors under their own control, also known as autonomy, • believe they have the skill that will allow them to be effective agents in reaching desired goals (i.e. the results are not determined by luck), • are interested in mastering a topic, rather than just rote-learning to achieve good grades. (Wikipedia)

  6. What factors interfere with your students’ motivation?

  7. “Our jobs present plenty of chances for cynicism, skepticism and fatalism. If we fall into that trap, our students are more likely to give in to a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure. In spite of everything these kids have working against them, we can improve their opportunity for success.” (“Motivating the Unmotivated”, K. Hayhurst, ASCA School Counselor, Volume 50, number 4, p 29)

  8. What can we do about these factors?

  9. How can we increase motivation?

  10. 9 Ways to Motivate Unmotivated Students • Provide a safe place • Listen • Honor individual needs • Don’t solve problems for them • Work to eliminate systemic pitfalls • Extend problem solving to family and community • Don’t take student behavior personally • Assess what drives the behavior • Provide options (“Motivating the Unmotivated”, K. Hayhurst, p. 29, ASCA School Counselor, Volume 50, number 4)

  11. Leadership Strategies that Promote Student Resiliency • Increase Positive Connections • Set Clear & Consistent Boundaries • Teach Life-Guiding Skills (coping skills) • Provide Unconditional Support • Set High Expectations • Meaningful Student Engagement (Provide opportunities for meaningful participation) *Excerpted from Leadership for Resilient Schools and Communities, by Mike M. Milstein & Doris Annie Henry, 2008.

  12. Sharing of charts, behavior plans • Break into small groups – discuss a student/class that you implemented a strategy with to help increase motivation. • What factors impeded motivation? • What did you do about it with individual students/the class? • What intervention/strategy did you use?(related to slide 10 & 11?)

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