Motivating High School Students
Final Mild Stone Michaelina Alexander 16th November,2014 Walden University Instructor: Professor Cynthia Luna
Delivering educational material to high school students can be a taxing feat. Students can become overwhelmed and discouraged. Motivating students, through the establishment of entertaining learning activities and incorporating versatile methods of teaching as well as ; collaborating the efforts of teachers and parents to motivate students to perform optimally in class, enabling them to successfully graduate along with their peers. Kendra Cherry expert of psychology, defines motivation as ' 'a process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. It involves the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that activate behavior ' '. This essay, therefore, seeks to highlight ways in which high school students can be assisted to succeed through motivation. Motivation is of two types intrinsic and extrinsic. …show more content…
Receiving recognition by tangible means allows students to believe in themselves. Also, by providing Intrinsically motivated students a prize for prompt submission of assignments. However, an extrinsically motivated student can be given a trophy for highest overall achievement. Rewards have far reaching benefits where, intrinsically motivated students will be happy with a career that produces enjoyment and interest. While, the extrinsic motivated student is comfortable with a generous salary and a promotion(ken Bain,2004.).Mary Sherry(n.d) says each time she walks into a classroom, she as a teacher, has to get the attention of students, no matter that distraction at
Delivering educational material to high school students can be a taxing feat. Students can become overwhelmed and discouraged. Motivating students, through the establishment of entertaining learning activities and incorporating versatile methods of teaching as well as ; collaborating the efforts of teachers and parents to motivate students to perform optimally in class, enabling them to successfully graduate along with their peers. Kendra Cherry expert of psychology, defines motivation as ' 'a process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. It involves the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that activate behavior ' '. This essay, therefore, seeks to highlight ways in which high school students can be assisted to succeed through motivation. Motivation is of two types intrinsic and extrinsic. …show more content…
Receiving recognition by tangible means allows students to believe in themselves. Also, by providing Intrinsically motivated students a prize for prompt submission of assignments. However, an extrinsically motivated student can be given a trophy for highest overall achievement. Rewards have far reaching benefits where, intrinsically motivated students will be happy with a career that produces enjoyment and interest. While, the extrinsic motivated student is comfortable with a generous salary and a promotion(ken Bain,2004.).Mary Sherry(n.d) says each time she walks into a classroom, she as a teacher, has to get the attention of students, no matter that distraction at