Curiousiteur: Area Of Motivation In The Classroom

Behavior modification is happening more frequently than not in today’s society. It enforces and recognizes good behavior in many different circumstances, whether it is used on prison inmates which good behavior is rewarded with incentives, giving your animal a treat for doing a trick or if it is a golden star for a child’s good work done. The famous works of B.F Skinner is heavily involved with behavior modification and the idea that you can condition a human being to have favorable behavioral traits. The carrot and the stick analogy used regarding reward and punishment. Modifying behavior can be a beneficial tool to changing how one acts and thinks, but there will always be an opposing view point that raises controversy if it is ok to

I chose to research the Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports approach to positive reinforcement. I wanted to find out if this approach taught temporary or long-term (positive) behavioral changes. I researched this approach and compared it to the Responsive Classroom approach. In order to determine its effectiveness, I looked at referral data at Nimitz High School provided around this time this last year, and compared it to its current numbers. While it showed beneficial changes last year, I found an increase in behavioral problems this year. I also attempted to look at the reasoning behind the

One of the most essential aspects of the educational process is to know how to motivate students for learning. A challenging part of being a teacher is to know and learn how to motivate students. First of all, a good definition for motivation is as Byrnes quote “Motivation is construct

Lately, I’ve been writing about motivation because, it being the start of the school year, I am dying to know how to help my students (nearly all of whom start the year wanting to do well) persist in motivating themselves to do the year’s work and achieve a year’s worth (or more) of growing into people who will flourish long-term. Motivation is their job, and it’s my job to teach them how to do their job better.

The intervention most interesting to me in the Behavioral Therapy approach is the contingency contract. If used properly with defiant or rebellious children or adolescents the reinforcement rewards would be a motivating factor for change. Shapiro, Friedberg, and Bardenstien (2006) report, when developing a contingency contract the contract should be written so the child understands what is in it and it is age appropriate and fair for both parents and the child. Therefore, when the child is improving and making progress with their behavior in school for example the parents must reinforce their positive behavior with the agreed upon token of appreciation. Shapiro et al. (2006) reports, often when parents enter counseling with their child

Behavioral Modification and its Downfalls Behavioral modification is a successful technique however it does have its downfalls. Some say that behavioral modification never fails, if administered in the correct manner. Behavioral modification has many downfalls such as: being time consuming; finding a behavior therapist and having knowledge along with mastering many techniques.

Can you elaborate on what your mean by your statement on staying motivated and how that brings excitement to lesson plans and keeping students engaged? Are you referring to staying motivated yourself in reference to bring excitement into the lesson plans? In other word keeping yourself pump up or motivated for the lessons you will be delivering. If so do you believe that your lessons all need to be exciting and entertaining for each student? Or are you referring to internist or extrinsic motivation for engaging students? If so, how do you tap into what motivates your students especially since each individual student will have their own motivational venue.

In other words, for students to understand the motivation questions, they must first understand certain key vocabulary and have a clear prior knowledge linking. These questions and other methods listed within the motivation portion of the lesson plan support the instruction of

When it comes to inspiring behavioral changes positive reinforcement is more effective than punishment in terms of changing the behavior in the long term. How effectively positive reinforcement affects behavioral changes is closely tied to how behavioral changes are incentivized and rewards bestowed. The case is similar for the application of negative reinforcement. However, rewards and punishments must significantly affect a person’s current situation--for better or worse--in order to inspire change. Let’s look at how positive reinforcement typically results in long-term behavioral change more effectively than punishment overall.

The standard way of thinking about motivation has it that the only way to get people to be driven is to reward them extrinsically. In other words, the way we generally try to motivate people is by dangling a carrot in front of their face, or pushing them with a poke to the ribs with stick. Many people assume that if you want someone to do something, you incentivize them with external compensation. For example, if you want a student to work harder in class, offer them extra credits. If you want your basketball team to be better, make them run more suicides as punishment. However, in this book, Drive: ’’The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us’’ by Daniel Pink challenges this conventional, preconceived notion of motivation of carrot and stick mentality. Pink divided motivation into three categories that evolved over time: motivation 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.

While I was doing my field observation last semester, I notice one thing that motivates more student is hands on activities, not only motivates them but they learn more. Chen states an encouraging new report show that first year's outcome middle school students learn more in science classrooms that adopt a well designed, project focused curriculum. For students to choose a topic that can relate to them is important.

If the behavior is not decreased then the consequence was not a punishment. Positive and negative reinforcement will always increase a behavior. If the reinforcement does not elicit an increase in the desired behavior it is not a reinforcement. In order to make punishment and reinforcement most effect I must punish/reinforce immediately following the behavior and I must create a schedule for punishment/reinforcement and remain consistent. Immediate response combined with a consistent schedule should have the students whipped into shape in no time. Operant learning can be very beneficial in a classroom setting or even in everyday

From a very early age, children begin to learn about the association between behaviors and consequences. They realize that there is always going to be a consequence whether it’d be positive or negative, that would follow the behavior. Sometimes children behave very well and most of the time, children tend to give parents and others around them a hard time. When it comes to behavior modification, some basic steps include identifying the behavior, setting expectations, monitoring progress, and reinforcing correct behaviors. Positive reinforcement has a lot of effect on children when it comes to modifying a targeted behavior. A reinforcer,

There are different things a teacher can do to trigger this type of motivation in students. “Some examples of

What is motivation? What influences it? The term motivation can be defined in different ways. Motivation can simply defined as “ a need that, if high, is evident in a strong desire to achieve, to excel, to reach a high level of excellence” (Lefrancois 430). To become motivated, one must have a positive attitude to a variety of learning skills. Some factors that influence motivation include our peers, friends, parents, and environmental settings. Division four being high school division, attention is focused towards learning and what methods can be used. Students at this stage are more eager and develop a sense of what he or she wants to do and accomplish in upcoming adulthood. With a division comes a group of intelligent theorists. All