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 […]
Being in the Margins
Teaching in the margins means creating an atypical plan so that students see a new perspective of learning. Students’ curiosity can lead the discussion into […]
Teaching in the Margins – Getting There
Remember those times in the classroom where you were totally invested in what you were learning? Those times when you lost a sense of time […]
In the Margins: An Every Day Goal
Where are the Margins? Where are the margins in your classroom? Is it in the question your student just asked? Or is it the snake […]
Why We Should Teach In The Margins
Picture a typical science classroom format: One teacher, in the front of the room, spouting out notes to twenty or more students who hurriedly jot […]
The Road Less Traveled: Teaching in the Margins
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? What does teaching in the margins mean? To really understand the concept of teaching in the margins, you’ve got to learn […]
What is Teaching in the “Margins?”
Think back to your days in school; was there ever something going on outside of class that your teacher thought was important to learn about? […]