What is “Drive?”
What gets you up in the morning? What makes you do the things you do? These are the types of questions that I asked when […]
Drive
Rags to Riches, Riches to Drags, Drags to Drive
Stories told in cultural context over and over again perpetuate a common understanding. These cultural narratives serve as guidelines for each new generation to act […]
You’ve Been Motivating ALL WRONG
Surprise surprise – the motivation/reward system in schools isn’t the greatest way to motivate students to learn as with so many other aspects of the […]
Drive: Get Behind the Wheel
You’ve been lied to. Don’t be too upset though, most of us have. Remember in that psych class you took there was that whole unit about […]
Take a DRiVE Through the Mind
How It’s Been For the longest time, it was Psych 101 that if you rewarded a certain behavior, you would get more of it. This […]
What DRiVE’s You?
Motivation: Misconceptions & the Truth Growing up I had always believed that being rewarded for putting in work was destined to make me work harder […]
Drive – Motivating Your Students
Get 100% on the homework. Receive a sticker when you score in the top 10% of the class. Make Dean’s List. Be rewarded with a […]
EVOLUTION OF DRIVE
Origins From the beginning of time, what has been the source of our survival? Motivation for survival. The origins of motivation can be traced back […]
What is DRIVE?
Drive is described as an urgent basic need pressing for satisfaction, usually rooted in some physiological tension, deficiency, or imbalance, and impelling the organism to action. Motivation […]
How to Implement Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom
First of all, what’s the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation? Well, according to a behavioral psychology author, Kendra Cherry : Intrinsic motivation : behavior that […]