The document provides strategies for teachers to increase intrinsic value and motivation in classroom tasks. It defines intrinsic value as the interest and enjoyment students experience when engaging in an activity. Some strategies suggested are starting lessons with an engaging activity, giving students choices in activities, providing appropriately challenging tasks, using pre-assessments to build on prior knowledge, promoting active and interactive learning, providing immediate feedback, incorporating game elements, assuming students want to learn, varying activities, teaching big ideas, and displaying enthusiasm.

1. STRATEGIES TO INCREASE
THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF
TASKS IN YOUR CLASS
BY NATALIA CHAVEZ AND CELESTE
VILLENA. PRACTICE II.

2. Intrinsic value refers to the interest
and enjoyment that students experience
when engaging in an activity.
 students are intrinsically motivated to
pursue activities that are
moderately novel, enjoyable, exciting,
and optimally challenging.

3. STRATEGIES:
 Set the stage. Start out with a BANG!
 Give Choices. Ask about ideas.
 Provide Challenge. Appropiate activities.
 Use PRETESTING/PRESASSESSMENT.
Previous ideas.
 Promote active learning. Interactive activities.

4.  Provide immediate feedback. Immediate
feedback enhances the psychological impact of
the activity
 Make it a game!
 Assume students are eager to learn.
 Variety is the spice of life!
 Teach big ideas.
 Be enthusiastic.