1. Emma Rogers Education www.emmarogers.org.uk Motivating learning through thinking activities 26 th October Emma Rogers Education

2. www.emmarogers.org.uk Sometimes, always, never true..? Two odd numbers added together make an even number Triangles with 3 equal sides always have 3 equal angles To make words ending in ‘y’ plural, you must change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’

3. Emma Rogers Education www.emmarogers.org.uk Lack of motivation means learners …

4. Emma Rogers Education www.emmarogers.org.uk Perceptions of learning and ability Positive attitudes believe that effort leads to success accept they have the ability to improve and learn prefer and feel satisfied on completing challenging tasks Negative attitudes believe that success is related to ability enjoy doing better than others evaluate themselves negatively when the task is too difficult.

5. Emma Rogers Education www.emmarogers.org.uk Motivated learners can … sustain an activity for the intrinsic pleasure it provides; carry out an activity to achieve an anticipated outcome; plan, execute and finish an activity for the satisfaction of having created, executed or learned something recognise their achievements and celebrate them; focus, shift and sustain their attention, resisting distractions when appropriate; organise the resources they need to complete a task; recognise how different learning opportunities or contexts affect their motivation.