Motivating Students with Nongraded Work

What should teachers emphasize instead of grades to increase intrinsic motivation?

• not looking foolish among classmates

• being smarter than other students

• winning awards

• subject mastery

What can teachers do to increase intrinsic motivation?

• teach students to measure their own progress

• use non-graded work

• stress personal satisfaction

• all of these are true

What is motivation?

• methods of evaluating students

• measures of student progress

• the way students communicate

• reasons for what we do

Deondra does well on her homework worksheet because she wants to get a compliment from her teacher. However, over time, she finds she doesn't care as much about that, and doesn't care to to do well on future worksheets. What was her initial motivation?

• extrinsic

• formative

• subject mastery

• intrinsic

Which is an example of intrinsic motivation?

• a smiley face on a test

• personal satisfaction

• grades

• stickers