Motivation in the Classroom ~ My adaptations to Exploring Rewards and Academic Fears

MOTIVATION

Everyone needs to be motivated to do their work, some people use different techniques of motivation. For me, I motivate myself using rewards. For example, if I want to go to the mall or out I will not let myself do the activity until I finish a certain homework assignment and I will write it on my white board. Another means of motivation I have used all semester is a picture of a sea-doo jet boat. I put the picture on my bulletin board above my desk because my parents told me that if I do well in my classes all year they will get me a new jet-boat for my birthday. That is my main means of motivation, but my parents also motivate me with my grades at the end of a semester. If I do well they will reward me and if I do bad they will not reward me, I remind myself of this every time I look in my wallet or at my bank account statement. I know there can be more money in both if I do well so I continue to work hard. Another means of motivation is the fact that my mother tells me at least once a day that if I do not do well she will no longer pay for myschooling and take me out of Syracuse. This makes me work harder and hard every day. As my documentation I took a photograph of the jet-boat on my bulletin board.

LAME

By being a visual learner this helps me because I get to see the picture of the jet-boay everyday. It also helps me hearing my mother tell me everyday that I will not be allowed to go back to Syracuse if I do not do well, she has drilled it into my head and I visually see myself home next year and it makes me try harder. It does not take much action to do my adaptations to these strategies because its just thinking and putting up the picture of my reward in mind. Also it does not take much material besides for a piece of paper or a printed out picture. If I was to grade my versions of these strategies I would give them a 100 percent.