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Motivation - how do they get it if they don't already have it?
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<blockquote data-quote="TiredSoul" data-source="post: 418446" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>Ok, so I have been reading more and came across what I think the letter writer in my opening post was getting at: <strong>Intrinsic Motivation</strong></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue">Definition: Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from inside an individual rather than from any external or outside rewards, such as money or grades.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue">The motivation comes from the pleasure one gets from the task itself or from the sense of satisfaction in completing or even working on a task.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue">An intrinsically motivated person will work on a math equation, for example, because it is enjoyable. Or an intrinsically motivated person will work on a solution to a problem because the challenge of finding a solution is provides a sense of pleasure. In neither case does the person work on the task because there is some reward involved, such as a prize, a payment, or in the case of students, a grade.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: blue">Intrinsic motivation does not mean, however, that a person will not seek rewards. It just means that such external rewards are not enough to keep a person motivated. An intrinsically motivated student, for example, may want to get a good grade on an assignment, but if the assignment does not interest that student, the possibility of a good grade is not enough to maintain that student's motivation to put any effort into the project.</span></em><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em>A few theories by different researchers have determined that students are more likely to be intrinsically motivated if the following situations exist:</em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em>1) The student can directly associate the educational result to the work they have invested into it. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em>2) The student believes they are the reason they have achieved their result, and not just luck. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em>3) The student truly has an interest in learning and perfecting the task.</em></span></p><p></p><p>Interesting. Re. #3 - what if they are not interested? Sheeesh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiredSoul, post: 418446, member: 3930"] Ok, so I have been reading more and came across what I think the letter writer in my opening post was getting at: [B]Intrinsic Motivation[/B] [I] [COLOR="blue"]Definition: Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from inside an individual rather than from any external or outside rewards, such as money or grades. The motivation comes from the pleasure one gets from the task itself or from the sense of satisfaction in completing or even working on a task. An intrinsically motivated person will work on a math equation, for example, because it is enjoyable. Or an intrinsically motivated person will work on a solution to a problem because the challenge of finding a solution is provides a sense of pleasure. In neither case does the person work on the task because there is some reward involved, such as a prize, a payment, or in the case of students, a grade. Intrinsic motivation does not mean, however, that a person will not seek rewards. It just means that such external rewards are not enough to keep a person motivated. An intrinsically motivated student, for example, may want to get a good grade on an assignment, but if the assignment does not interest that student, the possibility of a good grade is not enough to maintain that student's motivation to put any effort into the project.[/COLOR][/I][COLOR="blue"] [I] A few theories by different researchers have determined that students are more likely to be intrinsically motivated if the following situations exist: 1) The student can directly associate the educational result to the work they have invested into it. 2) The student believes they are the reason they have achieved their result, and not just luck. 3) The student truly has an interest in learning and perfecting the task.[/I][/COLOR] Interesting. Re. #3 - what if they are not interested? Sheeesh [/QUOTE]
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