Intrinsic motivators are internal and extrinsic motivators are external every day factors that can include a reward or praise.
There are two types of motivators: intrinsic and extrinsic. The first are the most effective and long-lasting. Intrinsic motivators imply that the activity itself is the reward.
Motivation is a fun and complex thing. What gets one student interested may not affect another. I used to take students out to perform actual, real-world work when teaching Electrical. All of it was school sanctioned, it was work for Habitat for Humanity so it was all volunteer, and it gave them not only real world experience, but it showed them that they could do it.
It is crucial to help our students to stay motivated.
I knew that as instructors we need to find a way to continue stimulating the intrinsic motivators using extrinsic motivators, but thanks to this course I learned that even though extrinsic motivators are useful and sometimes necessary, they can be overused and have a negative effect.
Therefore, I will need to find a balance.
Comment on Amanda Haddock's post: I agree with you. For nursing school is the same.
Intrinsic feel better with doing well with assignments and their learning. Extrinsic like outside rewards and physical things to make them feel good about their learning.
It's important to come up with various ways to keep students motivated. It's also important for an instructor to consider their own motivations.
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivators are both important in the adult learning process.
Knowing both how extrinsic and intrinsic motivators affects the success of students are important. As instructors, we need to help bridge help bridge the gap from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation for a successful class and learning environment. To get the students to think instead of learning as a chore or a to-do to get them desiring to learn the course or program. This part requires getting to know the students, as the first module discussed. Once we get to know the student's past experiences, the instructors can find ways to bridge the gap to how relevant the course is to what they already know or have experienced.
extrinsic and intrinsic motivation is very important in increasing student retention.
Intrinsic motivation is more effective in the class setting.
Extrinsic motivators want a tangible reward for their efforts.
Learning that motivation can be about wanting rewards to get someone to work hard, or it's within yourself to want to work hard to get to a goal.
Two types of motivators are Intrinsic and Extrinsic.
I try to use the questioning technique to bring students closer together.
Intrinsic and extrinsic are helpful tools
The two types of motivators are intrinsic and extrinsic.
2 types of motivators in and extrinsic
I enjoyed learning about tools to increase intrinsic motivation. It was interesting to note that often what motivates the instructor in turn will motivate the student. It was also helpful to see that extrinsic motivators can be the bridge to intrinsic motivation which is more effective and enduring; but use them sparingly.
Being a mentor and motivator are very important to have a successful classroom
