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Guidelines to effective use of motivation

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1. Identify, through experimentation the incentives that motivate different learners in your class.
2. Help learners identify the personal value that specific academic goals will have for them; this will help them establish realistic and sound goals for themselves.
3. Be aware of the motivational effects of grades as a basis for motivation. Keep learners informed about their academic progress through continuous assessment tests.
4. Provide learners with a sound balance between successful and unsuccessful experiences. Arrange for successful experiences that will build their self-expectations and help them achieve good grades where possible.
5. Maintain a desirable balance between approval and disapproval, which helps bring about optimum learners motivation. Constructive criticism is preferable to a negative one when dealing with learners. But occasionally, negative criticism is better than none.
6. Find means for establishing and maintaining rapport with learners. Help individual students to manage their tensions and emotions through counseling.
7. Make your lessons meaningful so that learners will be stimulated.
8. Surround learner s with stimulus that will make course content more interesting and desirable.
9. Teach your subject so well that learners will develop a liking for it and for all that is related to it.
10.Since primitive motivators such as pain, fear and hunger do not operate at intense level in the classroom, there is need for activity so learners will be motivated to do things with their hands.
11.Curiosity, exploration and discovery are strong motivating force which can be achieved by exposing learners to complex tasks.
12.Learners have achievement needs, which should be capitalized on as motivating factors. This may be achieved by promoting a feeling of initiative and self-responsibility. However, it should not be over emphasized, as learners may feel too self-satisfied.
13.Competition among learners raises the level of motivation so create a competitive atmosphere in your class.

Titany answered the question on September 15, 2021 at 08:11

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