motivation

1. Igniting their Passion:
Motivating Students
to Learn

2. An Interesting Quote
“If a student does not want to learn, he will not –
Even in spite of good teaching.
If a student wants to learn, he will –
Even in spite of bad teaching.”
David Willey
“Getting students Interested”

3. But how do we motivate students?
• There so many ideas and theories on how to motivate
students. So which ones really work and do not
• We cannot know UNTIL WE TRY THEM OUT OURSELVES
• What may work for others may not work for us. But let
us see what some writers and authors on teaching
prescribe?

4. Some Tips for Motivating Students
To encourage students to become self –motivated independent
Learners, teachers and instructors can try to do the following:
• Give frequent, early, positive feedback that supports’ beliefs
that they can do well.
• Ensure opportunities for students’ success by assigning tasks
that are neither too easy nor too difficult
• Help students find personal meaning and value in the
material
• Create a learning atmosphere that is open and positive.
• Help students feel that they are valued members of a learning
community.

5. Some Strategies for Motivating
Students
• Capitalize on students’ existing needs.
• Make students active participants in learning.
• Ask students to analyze what makes their
classes more or less
“motivating”
According to Sass there are eight characteristics emerge as major
contributors to student motivation:
 Instructor’s enthusiasm
 Relevance of the material
 Organization of the course
 Appropriate difficulty level of the material
 Active involvement of the students

6.  Variety
 Rapport between teacher
 Use of Appropriate, concrete and understandable examples

7. Motivating Students by Responding to
Their Work
• Give students feedback as quickly as possible
• Reward success
• Introduce students to the good work of peers
- Pass out a list chosen of research topics
chosen by students so they will know whether
others are writing papers of interest of them
- Make available copies of the best papers and
essay exams.

8. - Provide class time for students to read papers
or assignments submitted by classmates.
- Schedule a brief talk by a student who has
experience or who is doing a research paper on
a topic relevant to your lecture.
• Be specific when giving negative feedback
• Avoid demeaning comments.
• Avoid giving in to students’ pleas for “the
answer” home work problems.

9. Structuring the Course to Motivate
Students
• Work for students’ strengths and interest
• When possible, let students have some
say in choosing what will be studied.
• Increase the difficulty of the material as
the semester progresses.
• Vary your teaching methods.