Developing Intrinsic Motivation in Students

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Chris Wejr is principal of Kent Elementary School in British Columbia, Canada and a former math and science teacher. Under his leadership, Kent Elementary has moved away from awards, rewards, and honor rolls, and has seen increased achievement and a more positive school culture as a result. Wejr writes about student motivation and other education issues on his blog, The Wejr Board. Follow him on Twitter at @chriswejr.

Larry Ferlazzo is an award-winning English and social studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif. He is the author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges and the forthcoming sequel, Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation among other books. He writes the popular Websites of the Day Blog, as well as Education Week Teacher’s advice-column blog Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo. He is on Twitter at @LarryFerlazzo.

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Shifting the Culture: Intrinsic Drive

Chris Wejr @chriswejr

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“We cannot motivate others… we can only work to

create the conditions for people to motivate themselves.”

--

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Relationships

Growth Mindset

Leadership Descriptive Feedback

Strengths & Interests Creating

The Conditions

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“We don’t know who we can be… until we know what we can do” -- Sir Ken Robinson

Exploring Interests Through CHOICES

Showcasing the strengths of each student…

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Moving From Honour Roll to Honour All

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Doing the right thing... just because it is the right thing to do.

Student Motivation: What is it REALLY About?

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Developing Intrinsic Motivation in Students

Larry Ferlazzo

Sorcerer’s Apprentice Syndrome

Classroom Strategies

• Inductive Learning

• Brain Like A Muscle

• Progress Principle

• Relevance

• Choice & Ownership

• Praise Effort

• Goal-Setting

• Descriptive Norms

Classroom Management

• Don’t eat the marshmallow

• Publish vs. Private Relationship

• Being Authoritative, Not Authoritarian

• Replenish Self-Control

• Benjamin Franklin Effect

• The Zeigarnik Effect

Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills

Higher-Order Thinking Strategies

• Relevance of Bloom’s

• Asking Good Questions

• Metacognition

• “What If?” Thinking

Reading & Writing

Reading & Writing Strategies

• Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose

• Writing Frames

• Free Voluntary Reading (SSR)

• Our World Of Text

Being Positive Good Beginnings/Good Endings

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