Student Autonomy, Compliance, and Intrinsic Motivation
Summary: This article from Edutopia focuses on the importance of finding ways to support student autonomy while maintaining a positive learning environment without reverting to excessive controls.
Source: Maurice Elias, Edutopia, February 15, 2016
Description:
Many empirical studies have shown that excessive control from strict, negative rules and punishments and extrinsic rewards for doing the “right thing” can achieve short-term compliance. But there are costs: It undermines intrinsic motivation, it decreases the overall quality of performance, and it connects continued performance to the availability and delivery of rewards.
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Source: Maurice Elias, Edutopia, February 15, 2016
Description:
Many empirical studies have shown that excessive control from strict, negative rules and punishments and extrinsic rewards for doing the “right thing” can achieve short-term compliance. But there are costs: It undermines intrinsic motivation, it decreases the overall quality of performance, and it connects continued performance to the availability and delivery of rewards.
Read the full article here!
