Blog Post 1 (Deep Reading)
Discuss one question or confusion that you had about the material.
When are INTRINSIC forms of motivation most beneficial or appropriate, compared to extrinsic forms? What do they offer?
I think that intrinsic motivation is more beneficial to the students than extrinsic motivation when it comes down to tests. I feel like the students that study for intrinsic motivation enjoy studying and aren’t too worried about the outcome of the activity since they are pretty confident with their knowledge. Students that “cram” and study the night before an exam show extrinsic motivation and they only study because they want something in return. The student in this situation is studying in order to receive external factors rather than for his own interest.
Even though intrinsic motivation describes something internal, it's something that CAN be affected by external factors, like teachers. Discuss some specific ways that you can increase intrinsic forms of motivation for your students. (For example, are you attributing success/failure to factors they can control or factors that are inherent?)
One way I can imagine myself encouraging students to show intrinsic behavior in my classroom is to make my lessons fun and make them connect with my students so that they can show interest and want to keep on learning the material. For example since I’m a Spanish Secondary major I would revolve my lessons around things that teenagers tend to like nowadays such as music, movies, sports, and food. I know I’m going to have a diverse classroom since no kids are alike and that’s why I want to make my lessons flexible so that they can all relate to the content. Another way I think would be to show them that a second language is very helpful to have and that knowing another language can make their chances of being successful a little but higher.
Blog Post 2 (Activity)
Yes, you should actually do this. It can be surprising. Remember your responses to the things in bold for the blog post.
Grab two identical pieces of paper (or some material) and crumple them into paper balls.
Stand in front of a trash can or receptacle of some kind.... Reflect on your confidence level.
(try to) Toss the ball into the trash can. ....Did you make it? WHY didn't you make it?
Move back 5 (or more) feet. Reflect on your confidence level THIS time. Try again.
Did you make it?
Did you do all of the above? Ok, now you can write:
Use what you have read about factors of intrinsic motivation to explain what happened.
Do you think your original goal (distance from the trash can) was reasonable? (If you set reasonable goals and complete them, intrinsic motivation increases!)
How did you confidence level change from the first try to the second? If it increased, did you make your first shot? If it decreased, did you miss your first shot? (Success completing reasonable goals increases intrinsic motivation and confidence for next time)
I thought that the original goal was pretty reasonable and I felt pretty comfortable making the shot as well. When I tried to do the second shot I felt more confident in my shots because I had already succeeded the first time around. I’ve been doing these kinds of activities a lot because in my apartment we have a mini basketball goal in which me and my roommate play pig, I know it sounds silly but even then I can tell that I feel more comfortable making the next shot after I had already made one.
When you asked yourself WHY you didn't make the shot/s, what did you blame? Where these factors controllable or uncontrollable? What could you do next time to change those factors and improve your changes? (If failure/success is blamed on factors that are not controllable, such as luck, there's nothing you can do to improve, which makes a person feel helpless, and lowers intrinsic motivation. If it is attributed to factors that ARE controllable, and the person identifies those factors, they can feel empowered and will work to change those factors).
Whenever I play water pong, I feel that whenever I do make a shot is not because of luck but rather skill. If I don’t make the shot I don’t think of being unlucky or try to blame it on the cups, or the distance between them or even the balls. I know it was my fault and the next shot I try to focus more so that I can sink the ball in the cup. I also feel more likely to make the shot if my teammate cheers me up, or if the opposing team talks trash at me while I’m getting ready to shoot.
I don't know if their is an equilibrium between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, however the two often work together. Even with intrinsic motivation, there are external factors like teachers. I think the two balance each other out.
ReplyDeleteYeah I agree with Lindzy. I don't think there is an actually point that you can pick out that is essentially the "equilibrium" between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. However, they are both forms of motivation and they do have some overlap. Intrinsic motivation can be increased by outside forces while extrinsic motivation can bring about a more intrinsic style of motivation.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I was just wondering since they both seem to overlap and I was just curious if there was an actual way where they both meet in the middle. But thanks for your guys' input, it helped realized that even though they do overlap, they dont necessarily meet in the middle.
ReplyDeleteThey most definitely have some kind of overlap like Rebecca stated and obviously both motivate individuals in different ways. I feel by using extrinsic motivation early in an individuals life works well and by taking the outside factors away little by little, a teacher can start using extrinsic motivation after. There can easily be some sort of transition and both forms of motivation can be used together in order to motivate an individual.
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