Motivating Students to Learn. Question. Key Points:

Motivating Students to Learn Question…… Key Points:  One of most important ingredients of instruction and learning  Extremely difficult to meas...
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Motivating Students to Learn

Question……

Key Points: 

One of most important ingredients of instruction and learning



Extremely difficult to measure



ALL students are motivated



Made up of a combination of many factors



“Motivation” is a construct - not directly observable - it must be inferred.



Constructs are created by scientists.

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Factors Affecting Motivation 

Student personality



Student ability



Characteristics of learning task



Incentives (internal/external)



Instructional setting



Teacher behaviors

Definition of Motivation 

“The internal process that activates, guides, and maintains behavior over time that has both INTENSITY and DIRECTION

Theories of Motivation: 

Behavioral



Human Needs



Cognitive Dissonance



Attribution



Expectancy

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Motivation and Behavioral Learning Theory 

Motivation is the product of reinforcement



Behaviors that have been reinforced in the past are more likely to be repeated



An inadequate explanation of human motivation due to complexity of humans and context of situation.



How does one determine incentive value of an event or consequence ahead of time???

Motivation and Human Needs 

Premise: the driving force behind behavior is the satisfaction of needs



Needs vary in importance and order of consideration



Maslow’s hierarchy - deficiency versus growth needs

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Motivation and Human Needs