Increase Motivation by...

Increase intrinsic motivation by:

Providing Choices:

· Content

· Timing

· Work Partners (See Alertness partners)

· Projects

· Process

· Environment

· Resources

Making it Relevant:

· Make it personal (Timed pair Share)

· Link to what they already know

Making it Engaging:

· Find an emotional link- What’s in it for me?

· Teach active memory skills (See Memory pages on T2T(UK) website)

· Use kinaesthetic approaches

· Use Kagan Multiple Intelligence Structures

· Use positive peer pressure – (I of PIES = PRESSURE, P of PIES = SUPPORT; wanting to improve for your partner or team)

· Set personal improvement targets

Increase apathy and resentment by:

Allowing no choices:

· 100% Teacher directed

· No Student input

· Restricted resources

Making it Irrelevant:

· Impersonal (No time to process)

· Out of context

· Out of date

· Done only to pass a test

Making it Passive:

· Lecture

· Passively watching a video

· Low levels of interaction with others