{"id":4710,"date":"2022-10-07T22:58:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T02:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2022-10-07T22:58:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T02:58:13","slug":"whats-in-front-of-the-wheel-in-your-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2022\/10\/whats-in-front-of-the-wheel-in-your-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in Front of the Wheel in Your Classroom?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Recall the last time you sat in a classroom. What were you thinking about? Was it the grade on the last test you had? Were you thinking about how much you had to study to maintain your grade after the next test? These thoughts are linked to extrinsic motivation in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">So, what is extrinsic motivation? Have you ever heard of the carrot and the stick? Carrots are rewards and sticks are punishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"q-donkey-carrot-stick\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/auWA9N-v_IljXqYgXqDjdTiUteyQkRoE0hGVS5cu2-qK_BD24LdLTf0H-_p7hGLbnk3VB_KF4jzIzE3tMLoJ2wtLGli2nt_5xuJtvxswI--b01a39o12wvGGVgvTp9cY2TAzyGXuB9e2RrVTz9YS4NPKpE9Rp-N-imet9aMPtuGvyiY99NPJMKBBIw\" width=\"410\" height=\"349\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Extrinsic motivation relies on the student fearing punishments and desiring rewards. Carrots and sticks, that is to say, punishments and rewards, have plenty of drawbacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/JdKeORksXaMraItSrQs2mHHdueORBv6dqW62M0-BPURuUJ4WeneZZrzJavd__9lCZZdsvafOh6OMOcfY4H0KO9zVzv0aOrtXd7-d20fISuZ3zhwYnOMQ6XlP0QQJpr8EPkjZ8d7PLQhWZWa0Q3t4ixPKZdB4-n7F9152LHDHJ55M2NxGuzxSmQhp-g\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Daniel Pink describes some of those drawbacks in his book <em>Drive<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><li>1. They can extinguish intrinsic motivation.<\/li><li>2. They can diminish performance.<\/li><li>3. They can crush creativity.<\/li><li>4. They can crowd out good behavior.<\/li><li>5. They can encourage cheating, shortcuts, and unethical behavior.<\/li><li>6. They can become addictive.<\/li><li>7. They can foster short term thinking<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Encouraging extrinsic motivation in the classroom creates an environment where the students only try hard enough to get the grade they want and the students do not care about what they are learning. For an exemplary science teacher, that is not good enough! We want our students to care about science, strive for understanding, and follow their creativity. How can we, as exemplary science teachers, encourage our students to go beyond \u201clearning for the test\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/WhFlQJ6l9Jj6qG-sE7K2YXizbUK1QAsTiqTMlpdXUhwUtgzb23ptfux1gphiMdDyZqF2sg4sfJ3_nNASrKYnNBYTwXQ5ReGPS7zmdG15oAHw4mZq9_TEPlsPOx02aJ1psRd9uQkgACx6Y9bW9dNiWjSDlr46Hy5rTtm_Sx2EQwQk3by2TJ_TZT40rw\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">The answer is intrinsic motivation! What is intrinsic motivation? It means to find motivation from yourself and not from outside sources. Students want to learn! Especially when they are younger. The educational system ignores and suppresses their natural curiosity and drive. By the time they have made it to high school, most students are strictly extrinsically motivated and hesitant to follow their creativity or interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cCultivating Intrinsic Motivation and Creativity in the Classroom\u201d | Beth Hennessey | TEDxSausalito\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v2eRnhBvI_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Ted Talk about fostering Intrinsic Motivation in the classroom!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-black-color has-text-color\"><blockquote><p><em>Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity. <\/em><\/p><cite>Teresa Amabile<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In Drive, Daniel Pink outlines the best ways to foster intrinsic motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Autonomy\u00a0<ol><li>Let students do tasks in their own way, with their own technique, control over the amount of time spent, and control over working in a team (or not!)<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Mastery<ol><li>Let students engage in what they are doing and strive for mastery<\/li><li>Mastery is never \u201cachieved\u201d, so there is always somewhere to strive towards<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Purpose<ol><li>Let students choose their own purpose, or decide what the purpose means for them<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">There are a lot of options for fostering intrinsic motivation in the classroom! The biggest is student led inquiry and projects with a lot of creativity! The more room there is for specialization the more likely the students will choose to explore something that interests them, and the more likely they are to be intrinsically motivated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Here are some other examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><li>Move away from a traditional grading system and report card<\/li><li>Allow students to work in groups based on shared interests<\/li><li>Limit awards for completing creative work<\/li><li>Praise students for their creativity and process (do not just praise completion!)<\/li><li>Remember that students are people, and people do their best work when intrinsically motivated!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">So, what is in front of the wheel in your classroom? What DRIVES your students? Is it extrinsic motivation or intrinsic motivation? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extrinsic motivation in the classroom is students doing the bare minimum to avoid punishment and get good grades. We want more than that! 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