Motivating Students to Learn

What are the key factors in student motivation?

• Teacher beliefs and standardized testing

• Student needs and belief in likelihood of success

• Intrinsic value and attainment value

• Supportiveness of the environment and climate

What is the motivation formula?

• motivation = expectation × value × climate

• motivation = expectation + value + climate

• motivation = expectation / value / climate

• motivation = expectation - value - climate

What are the three types of task value?

• Intrinsic value, extrinsic value, and utility value

• Attainment value, utility value, and social value

• Intrinsic value, attainment value, and utility value

• Extrinsic value, social value, and personal value

When creating a culturally responsive and motivating environment you must include?

• Active Learning

• The task is challenging and interesting

• The task is related to students' interests

• The task has clear learning goals

What are the recommendations from brain-based research for meeting students' academic needs?

• Absence of threat, competition, and immediate feedback

• Lack of Movement, collaboration, and enriched environment

• Disconnected content, choices, and adequate time

• Sitting in desks

How can teachers enhance students' motivation through relevance and choice?

• By connecting the curriculum to students' lives

• By using diverse resources and engaging in service learning

• By facilitating goal-setting and self-management

• All of the above

What should teachers do to make instruction responsive to learning styles and strengths?

• Consider student learning styles and preferences

• Engage multiple intelligences and adjust environmental factors

• Set learning goals emphasizing differing levels of abstraction

• All of the above

How can teachers help students' experience success?

• Plan supported work and ensure task appropriateness

• Plan independent work and use authentic assessment

• Provide realistic, immediate feedback and emphasize progress

• Connect the instruction to student's lives.