Factors that affect the perception of the reward:
- The purpose of the reward
- How the students perceive the reward
- The context in which the reward is given
Some guidelines that will not affect intrinsic motivation but will help encourage it would be:
- Only present the award/sticker to the student if they actually deserve it
- Use unexpected rewards sparingly
- Use rewards only when necessary so students do not use that as their only reason to work
I actually just helped my teacher with encouraging intrinsic motivation today when I went to teach. The students were working on their morning work and I was assigned the great task of giving a sticker to the students who were working quietly and diligently. A few of the students did this very well, and I gave them a sticker and said, "Thank you for workings so hard and quietly." They continued to work in this manner. However, other students saw that I was handing out stickers for being a "model student" (as they call it) and began to also work quietly and diligently. This shows that the sticker was used to help encourage intrinsic motivation with extrinsic motivation.
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