It seems like some students are just impossible to motivate. The problem is that as schools we provide a lot of extrinsic motivators such as praise, rewards, incentive plans, and the biggest culprit, grades. These work OK if a student is motivated by such factors, but even if they are, these extrinsic motivators become like a carrot and without them, students will not learn for the sake of learning. This manifests itself when students memorize the material long enough to take the test, but then have forgotten it the following week.

What if instead, we as educators tapped into an intrinsic motivation that will not only encourage students to do the work, it will provide them with an enduring understanding of what it is they are learning? This intrinsic motivation is affected by what is known as goal valuation. This is how important, how interesting, and/or how attainable the learning is for them. Some students need one of these, some two, and others need all three before they are willing to give an effort. What if the way we set up our lessons allowed the teacher to address all three of these intrinsic motivators? These goal valuations can be focused on by making sure lessons contain the six phases of motivation. They are:

Audience: Teachers of Gifted Students

Contact Hours: 5

Facilitator: Todd Stanley, The Gifted Guy

Event Fee:  Free - Gifted Consortium District Members |  $50 - Non-Members

Member Districts:  Amherst, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Firelands, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Perkins, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake, Wellington

Assistance: Tracy Butchko, [email protected], 440-324-5777 x1100