The Motivation Paper is due Friday December 5th. Like previous papers, it should be from 4-6 pages in length, Times New Roman, 12 font, double spaced. Use information from the text Ch. 10, lectures, classroom discussions and the powerpoint.

Topic— What should a teacher know about motivation?

You should include two sections: 1) Briefly discuss the various theories about motivation (Behavioral-Skinner, Bandura; Cognitive-Piaget and Adkinson; Attributrion; Humanistic-Maslow) 2) Discuss your plan/strategies for motivating students once you have your own classroom.

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