Intasc Standards: How To Motivate Students In The Classroom

“Standard #3: Learning Environments: The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.” (Council of Chief State School Officers, 2011).

Standard three of the InTASC standards is one that stood out to me; it encompasses not only the importance of a positive classroom environment, but also the key topics of why motivation and discipline are necessary. In an elementary education classroom, they are especially important; educating young children on how to successfully motivate themselves and know how to respond to discipline properly is a very important aspect of this job. Without these two

In our readings, the authors address how to successfully motivate students with various recommendations for teachers to successfully motivate students in their classroom. Some of these recommendations included “attracting and maintaining students’ attention…personalizing content through real-world applications…promoting student success…and involving students” (Kauchak & Eggen, 2011). These headers go into more details about how educators can successfully motivate their students and how these categories play into the classroom environment. Along with an explanation of these tactics, Kauchak & Eggen also include scenarios that give future educators an example of how this may play out in real life situations. For example, when setting up students for success, using open-ended questions such as “what did you see or feel?” (Kauchak & Eggen, 2011). and high-quality examples like “What do you notice about the lobster’s legs...Are they all in one part or more than one part?” (Kauchak & Eggen, 2011) are very beneficial to student success. When students are successful, they feel more pride in themselves and are therefore motivated to accomplish another question correctly. Combining these questions with challenging tasks for the students increases motivation even more. “Challenge X Success = Motivation to Learn” (Kauchak & Eggen, 2011). The more challenging

As students get older, if they are unable to self-motivate, performing required tasks on their own time could be difficult. I am currently enrolled in four online classes and without self-motivation, I would have difficulty doing well in these courses. Since I could learn self-motivation techniques at an early age, I am able to successfully partake in these courses without many complications. I also know that without this motivation, there would be consequences in the form of poor grades. With my personal experience over the years, I have gained an understanding of how crucial motivation and discipline is in life, and especially in education. Without motivation and determination, students, and even humans in general, are not able to meet their needs of success in life. One of my biggest motivators is goal setting and lists. I set goals for myself on what to accomplish that day and make a collective list for all the days to come. As I finish assignments, I can check them off the list and watch my work load lessen before my eyes. Along with self-motivation, I instill disciple upon myself. If I do not finish a goal by my goal time, I do not allow myself to take time to do extracurricular activities. I do think it is very important to take breaks and take time to cool down from a stressful assignment, but I do not let myself take an unreasonable amount of time doing activities that will not be