Intrinsic motivation

In Dan Pink’s book Drive, he looks at scientific studies showing that the all too common approach to motivating people involving rewards and punishments, or the carrot and stick approach, ultimately doesn’t help motivate people for the tasks and work we have to do today. Instead, we do our best work when driven by intrinsic motivation — motivation from inside us, rather than imposed externally like rewards or punishments. And the 3 facets he highlights that help intrinsic motivation are…

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Effective praise, given at the right time, can nurture intrinsic motivation. It can help our children become confident, resilient, and self-directing.

Have you ever thought about why you do the things you do? What is it that really prompts your motivated behavior? Motivation can be either extrinsic or intrinsic, meaning it can come from outside or inside of a person. Extrinsic motivation comes when you feel the urge to do something in order to gain a

Description Based upon educational speaker Rick Lavoie's 8 human motivators, this freebie will help teachers come up with ideas for motivating specific personality types. Ask students to circle which are most motivating to them as a type of motivation interest inventory! Great ideas for motivation styles and personality types. Thanks for downloading! Feedback is appreciated.

visual diagram of intrinsic motivation in iMindMap format

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