Fostering Student Motivation and Engagement Module 1

Summary

This video explores strategies for fostering student motivation and engagement by addressing key human needs: competence, autonomy, and relatedness. It highlights the importance of balancing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and promoting a growth mindset, as outlined by Carol Dweck. The ARCS model by John Keller is introduced, focusing on capturing attention, ensuring relevance, building confidence, and achieving satisfaction. The video emphasizes creating a supportive learning environment that encourages risk-taking, effort, and continuous learning, providing teachers with practical tools to enhance student motivation.

Takeaways

• 😀 Motivation is driven by three basic human needs: competence, autonomy, and relatedness.
• 😀 Teachers should design learning experiences that align with students' needs, avoiding actions that conflict with these needs, such as shaming or excessive control.
• 😀 Motivation exists on a scale, from extrinsic to intrinsic, and students can move between both types at different times.
• 😀 Encouraging students to take responsibility for their learning helps them move from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation.
• 😀 A growth mindset promotes the belief that intelligence can develop, while a fixed mindset assumes it is static.
• 😀 Students with a growth mindset embrace challenges, persist through setbacks, and view feedback as an opportunity to improve.
• 😀 Teachers can model a growth mindset by praising effort, welcoming mistakes, and encouraging students to take risks.
• 😀 John Keller's ARCS model (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction) offers a framework for fostering motivation in the classroom.
• 😀 To capture and maintain students' attention, teachers can use surprise, humor, and questions that spark curiosity.
• 😀 Making learning relevant involves connecting new knowledge to students' existing understanding, personal goals, and interests.
• 😀 Building students' confidence requires clear instructions, visible progress, and giving them some control over their learning.
• 😀 Satisfaction comes when students feel proud of their learning, whether through application or teaching others.

Q & A

What are the three basic human needs that motivate us, according to the script?

The three basic human needs are the need to feel competent, autonomous, and related.

How can teachers unintentionally conflict with these basic needs?

Teachers can conflict with these needs by shaming students (affecting competence), controlling students too much (affecting autonomy), or fostering competition that harms relationships (affecting relatedness).

What is the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation?

Extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards, while intrinsic motivation is driven by internal desires and personal satisfaction.

How can teachers help students shift from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation?

Teachers can encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning, making it less dependent on external rewards or punishments.

What is a growth mindset and how does it differ from a fixed mindset?

A growth mindset is the belief that intelligence can be developed through effort, while a fixed mindset believes intelligence is static and cannot change.

How do students with a fixed mindset typically behave in a learning environment?

Students with a fixed mindset tend to avoid challenges, give up easily, see effort as fruitless, and ignore feedback they perceive as criticism.

How can teachers encourage a growth mindset in students?

Teachers can encourage a growth mindset by praising effort, welcoming mistakes, encouraging risk-taking, and showing students that persistence leads to mastery.

What does the ARCS model stand for, and what is its purpose?

ARCS stands for Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction. It is a model designed to promote and sustain motivation in students by addressing these four key components.

How can teachers capture students' attention according to the ARCS model?

Teachers can capture students' attention by using surprise, humor, or posing questions that spark curiosity and keep activities varied.

What role does 'Relevance' play in motivating students, and how can teachers ensure learning is relevant?

Relevance helps students connect new knowledge to what they already know and align learning with their personal goals and interests. Teachers can ensure relevance by explaining the purpose of activities and offering students choices.

How can teachers help build students' confidence in their learning?

Teachers can build confidence by providing clear instructions and expectations, allowing students to track their progress, and giving them control over their learning.

What is the final step of the ARCS model, and why is it important?

The final step, Satisfaction, involves helping students feel proud of their achievements and satisfied when they apply their learning. It reinforces the value of learning and motivates students to continue.