Please:

1. Turn to the “Motivation” section in your materials.

2. Be thinking about :

your own definition of motivation

five things in your life that motivate you (have fun, be honest and creative)

TEACHING WITH

Effects of the Principles of Learning

RATE/DEGREE TRANSFERFOCUS RETENTIONAnticip. Set Closure Meaning Anticip. Set

Act. Participation Practice Association

Motivation Modeling Similarity

Lev. Concern Reinforcement Feeling Tone Orig. Learning

Success Positive Crit. Attribute

Know Results Negative

Interest Punishment

Feeling Tone Extinction

+ 1. Drive 1. Freedom

+ 2. Run/Race 2. Winning

+/- 3. Laundry 3. Clean clothes/Mom

- 4. Times tables 4. Fear of the chart

+ 5. Brain info 5. The joy of…

+, +/-, -

DOES NOT EQUAL

“I LIKE THIS”

EQUALS

MAINTAINING FOCUS ON TASK

TWO FORMS OF MOTIVATION

2. EXTRINSIC -- something that impels us to achieve a goal; it changes with our environment.

1. INTRINSIC -- the task is its own reward; “The joy of . . .”

Extrinsic:

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FIVE VARIABLES OF

MOTIVATION

VARIABLE OF MOTIVATION

ANXIETY-LEVEL OF CONCERN is the degree of expectancy someone is feeling.

= FOCUS

HOW TO USE LEVEL OF CONCERN

Time Material (Amount or

Complexity) Proximity

TECHNIQUES (to raise or lower):

HOW TO USE LEVEL OF CONCERN

Visibility

Alerting Cues (Verbal and Non-Verbal)

Pacing (Brisk)

VARIABLE OF MOTIVATION

FEELING TONE

FEELING TONE is the feeling in the environment encountered by the learner.

THREE TYPES OF

FEELING TONE

In order of effectiveness:

Pleasant Unpleasant Neutral

Kids don’t care about what you

know until they know you care.

“Schools assume built-in motivation, but when it

does not occur, they motivate children with

methods analogous to a gun.”

Glasser

VARIABLE OF MOTIVATION

SUCCESS

SUCCESS is the internal feeling of motion toward an achievable challenge which tells the student that learning is taking place.

VARIABLE OF MOTIVATION

SUCCESS

Internal

Motion

Achievable

Learning

HOW TO PROMOTE

SUCCESS

1. Choose the correct level of difficulty

2. Teach to an objective

3. Check progress and give feedback

4. Recognize success

HOW TO PROMOTE

SUCCESS

Wait Time

Bell Work

Dignify Part of Answer

OTHER:

HOW TO PROMOTE

SUCCESS

Lower Student Repeat Answer

Come Back to Student Look Down at Notes Heads Together

“Success or lack of success in a school subject eventually is a major force in determining how the student feels about the subject and his desire to learn more about the subject.”

~Bloom

VARIABLE OF MOTIVATION

INTEREST

VividNovelRelated to Students’ Past Experiences

Relevance/Usefulness

TECHNIQUES FOR

INTEREST

diagram maps graphs pictures stories humor student names guest colored chalk speakers

INTEREST IS ONLY LIMITED

BY YOUR CREATIVITY.

Don’t bring in an elephant to teach the

color gray.

VARIABLE OF MOTIVATION

KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTSIS

CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES:•Specific

•Immediate

Extrinsic:

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nxiety - Level of Concern

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nowledge of Results - Feedback

nterest - Vivid, Novel

eeling Tone

FIVE VARIABLES OF

MOTIVATION