Motivation
Motivation
Motivation
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An internal state or condition that is
described as a need, desire or want that serves to activate or energize
behavior and give it direction.
Two Kinds of
Motivation
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Extrinsic Motivation
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When students work hard to win their parents’
favor, gain teachers praise or earn high grads; their reasons for work and
study lie primarily outside themselves.
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Is fueled by the anticipation and
expectation of some kind of payoff from an external source.
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Intrinsic Motivation
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When students study because they enjoy
the subject and desire to learn it, irrespective of the praise won or grades
earned; the reasons for learning reside primarily inside themselves.
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Fueled by one’s own goal or ambitions
Principles of
Motivation
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The environment can be used to focus
the student’s attention on what needs to be learned.
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Incentives motivate learning
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Internal motivation is longer lasting
and more self-directive than is external motivation, which must be repeatedly
reinforced by praise or concrete rewards.
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Learning is most effective when an
individual is ready to learn, that is when one wants to know something.
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Motivation is enhanced by the way in
which the instructional material is organized.
