EDPSY 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Motivation
13 Apr 2016
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For the content and learning enthusiasms contagious: positive expectations. That every student can learn and succeed. Students will live up to or down to expectations. The way we approach tasks show how we do on them. Internal vs. external motivation: intrinsic- doing something because you genuinely want to. They need other motivation: extrinsic- being motivated by external factors. I want an a in this class: interest/intrinsic. We can take a lot of information in. Remember it forever: utility value- learning things because they"re useful. Since he knows his audience he can relate it to us. Some teachers are really good at it and some are not. Extrinsic- external rewards (stickers, grades, behavioral: produces short term results. Ex- want an a on the test, study for the test, take it, then forget everything. Are rewards bad: depends on the reward. Candy has a market value: rewards increase intrinsic motivation when: They"re related to the quality of performance.
