How to motivate your student

Many of our difficult factor to give motivation for our students, but based on the experience of many years also among those who have experienced success to motivate their student In the class, below is an example of research that was done to motivate our students.

"Effective learning in the classroom depends on the teacher's ability ... to maintain the interest that brought students to the course in the first place" (Ericksen, 1978, p. 3).


Many factors affect a given student's motivation to work and to learn (Bligh, 1971; Sass, 1989): interest in the subject matter, perception of its usefulness, general desire to achieve, self-confidence and self-esteem, as well as patience and persistence. And, of course, not all students are motivated by the same values, needs, desires, or wants.
Researchers have begun to identify those aspects of the teaching situation that enhance students' self-motivation (Lowman, 1984; Lucas, 1990; Weinert and Kluwe, 1987; Bligh, 1971). To encourage students to become self-motivated independent learners, instructors can do the following:

• Give frequent, early, positive feedback that supports students' beliefs that they can do

well.
• Ensure opportunities for students' success by assigning tasks that are neither too easy

nor too difficult.

• Help students find personal meaning and value in the material.
• Create an atmosphere that is open and positive.

• Help students feel that they are valued members of a learning community.
Research has also shown that good everyday teaching practices can do more to counter student apathy than special efforts to attack motivation directly (Ericksen, 1978). Most students respond positively to a well-organized course taught by an enthusiastic instructor who has a genuine interest in students and what they learn. Thus activities you undertake to promote learning will also enhance students' motivation.

In over twenty courses, Sass reports, the same eight characteristics emerge as major contributors to student motivation:

• Instructor's enthusiasm

• Relevance of the material

• Organization of the course

• Appropriate difficulty level of the material

• Active involvement of students

• Variety

• Rapport between teacher and students

• Use of appropriate, concrete, and understandable examples.