Motivation Requires a Meaningful Task

Autor/inn/en	Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Douglas
Titel	Motivation Requires a Meaningful Task
Quelle	In: English Journal, 100 (2010) 1, S.30-36 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Adolescents; Grade 11; Grade 12; Motivation; Predictor Variables; Academic Achievement; English Teachers; Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Age Differences; Teacher Role; Developmentally Appropriate Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Prädiktor; Schulleistung; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Grouping; Gruppenbildung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Lehrerrolle; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung
Abstract	Motivation has long been viewed as a key element of learning. A study of over 300 high school juniors and seniors demonstrated that motivation was at least as predictive of achievement in a subject as was intelligence. Among younger students, motivation is a linchpin to learning, even at a time developmentally when overall motivation for schoolwork is in decline, bottoming out at the seventh-grade level. While there are many factors that might explain this decline, as a result teachers too often find themselves assigning less-rigorous tasks designed to placate disenchanted students. However, differences between children and adolescents are pronounced, especially in the ways they interact with one another. In particular, adolescents increasingly turn to their peer groups for validation and support. The interplay between motivation and development provides middle school and high school English teachers with the unique ability to capitalize on this. In this article, the authors closely examine methods and rationale for creating effective group assignments that motivate and challenge students. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10