Lit from Within: Motivation and the Gifted Learner

How do

we go

from this?

To this?

Same kid;

same task.

Somehow

we’ve lost

This:

Achievement Drive

Striving to

improve or meet

a standard of

excellence

1. Motivation

Read this:

And learn the problem with

This theory (sorry, Maslow)

And this one (Ditto, skinner):

Would you

prefer carrots... or sticks?

Dan pink says motivation

3.0 comes from the inside

and is fed by more than

money, prizes, or fame

(what I call motivation

white noise).

Alfie Kohn agrees

Read this:

Rewards are

problematic

on a number

of levels

First, they backfire.

they’re also addictive.

They make you pay attention to

only what is being rewarded.

They can drown out

other reasons for

doing things

(like altruism).

They change

the game.

What’s it worth to you?

Those are the

problems.

Here are the

solutions.

Step away

from the

praise.

Fail like a rock star.

Stress the vine.

Harness the

power of

appropriate

challenge

Don’t equate obsession

with motivation.

Boredom

isn’t

always

the

enemy.

Teach them to be a

little gritty.

an + bn = cn

No, really, just trust me.

Optimism:

Get yours

today!

Develop realistic,

skill-based self-concept

Take-Aways