Motivation

 Motivation:


 * Defined as: "the forces within an organism that arouse and direct behavior, as internal sensory stimulation, ego needs, etc." (Motivation, #1)
 * Context of Schooling: "the tendency to find academic activities meaningful and worthwhile and to try to get the intended learning benefits from them" (Motivation #1)
 * Reading Motivation: "the individual's personal goals, values, and beliefs with regard to the topics, processes and outcomes of reading" (Motivation #2)
 * Motivation is not a fixed characteristic, people can be either extremely motivated, somewhat, or not motivated at all depending on the situation.

Importance?
 * SLLs are usually unmotivated to read; we all know and understand the importance of reading, which leads to literacy, fluency, etc. As educators we need to help engage students in their reading.
 * Engaged Reading: related to achievement and engagement may compensate for factors which contribute to poor performance, such as low income and poor educational background. (Motivation #2)

Types of Motivation:

What Motivates Children?
 * 1) Model interest in learning
 * 2) Induce curiosity and suspense.
 * 3) Bring abstract materials to a more concrete and understandable level.
 * 4) Clear learning objectives.
 * 5) Informative feedback.
 * 6) Adapt tests to find a students interests and provide such there content.
 * 7) Choices between alternative tasks.
 * 8) Moderately challenging.
 * 9) Open tasks over closed tasks.
 * 10) Open tasks: students are in charge of both the process and the product
 * 11) Close tasks: Either or both the process or product have been determined.



Relationship Between Classroom Management & Motivation
 * Students who are motivated to read, generally read more and have high reading achievement.
 * Motivation is linked to achievement.
 * Self efficacy: strongly related to development and achievement.
 * Motivation tends to decline over the years.
 * Teachers have a huge impact on motivation!

Example of Writing Attitude Survey:

Motivation PowerPoint Slides;