Student’s Diversity in Motivation

Student who, by themselves are already as diverse , also differ in motivation. This Diversity in motivation may be traced to differences in Age ,

developmental stage , gender , socio-economic and cultural background . How these factors influence

student’s motivation is the concern of these module.

Class, our topic for today is metacognition. Who can define metacognition?

Metacognition refers to thinking beyond

thinking

Exactly! Very good!

Students become intrinsically motivated if their teachers give them reinforcement such as verbal feedback.

(good, very good, excellent)

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Class, copy the writings on the board.

Im so bored!

Me too.

Im so sleepy.

Class, open your tablets and solve the following equation.

Sound's exciting.

Im so excited.Challenging!

Students will value activities that will have usefulness for them in their personal and professional lives, and subject that are not directly applicable will decrease in popularity.

(Students get motivated if they do activities with the use of technologies)

Exciting!

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Now, we are going to have a quiz bee.Are you all ready?

Yes sir! Yes sir!Yes sir!

Students who were gifted may have high intrinsicmotivation to learn classroom subject matter, yet

they get easily get bored if the class do not challengetheir abilities.

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Im so tired!

I just want to go home.

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Student from high income family.

Student from low-income family.

Students from low income family are among those likely to be at risk of failing grades and dropping out of school.

Im am going to be your tutor. I will help you

to make your gradeshigher.

I don't have money for my projects

so I'll just play and I willnot go to school.

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All girls passed the exam,but there are two boys

who failed

as usual!

Females are more concerned about doing good in school. they work harder on assignments, earn more high grades and are more likely to graduate high school.

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Students diversity in motivation can be traced to differences in age, gender, developmental stage, socio-economic status and cultural

background.