Barriers to motivating students

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Barriers to motivating students

• Lack of intrinsic motivation

Source of motivation varies Activities not fun
enough
Presence of extrinsic motivation
Focuses on behavior, not on learning Students
de-value activity in time
Teaching practices
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Poor time management Low enthusiasm
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Barriers to motivating students

• Curriculum

Boring due to lack of variety Little student input
Administration
Limited knowledge about PE PE held in low regard
School setting
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Limited equipment and facilities Some equipment
unused
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Motivating students
Teacher Behavior

• Speak with enthusiasm
• Incorporate humor
• Participate periodically
• Reinforce student performance
• Encourage attributions to effort
• Emphasize instability of performance over time

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Motivating students
Curriculum

• Relate activity to students lives, i.e. current
  events, rationale for activity
• Accommodate student goal orientations
• Attend to individual differences through
  intra-task variations
• Have students set process goals

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Student Goal Orientations
EGO TASK
MEASURE OF ACHIEVEMENT High ability relative to others Perform task as well as possible
MAIN CAUSE OF OUTCOMES Ability Effort
CYCLE 1 High perceived ability Take many risks Frequent success Continue participating High perceived ability Take many risks Frequent success Continue participating
CYCLE 2 Low perceived ability Take few risks Infrequent success Avoid participating Low perceived ability Take risks with more effort Frequent success Continue participating