Use the table below to tally teacher behaviors that encourage motivation.  Write a narrative summarizing the motivational behaviors of the teacher and the responses of the students to those behaviors. 

Achievement Motivation: Observation Chart

From Educational Psychology by Anita Woolfolk

Record the frequency with which the teacher you are observing engages in behaviors that might increase or decrease motivation.

Behavior

Observed?

Promises reward

 

Threatens punishment

 

Provides goals for a task

 

Provides rewards

 

Provides praise

 

Stimulates interest

 
Explains value of task  

Uses challenging tasks

 

Verbally challenges children

 

Gives students choices

 

Lets students set goals

 

Lets students evaluate their own work

 

Stimulates curiosity

 

Stimulates questions

 

Allows free time

 
 

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