-
Join 5,875 other followers
Follow on RSS
Upcoming Appearances & Events
June 14-16, 2017: Center for Innovations in Learning - Conversations with Experts, Philadalphia, PA
Tweet with me!
- RT @UNITEDWEDREAM: BREAKING: 5th Circuit Court has issued the decision on DACA. It upholds a lower court injunction. Essentially keeping th… 1 day ago
- RT @funder: MAGA Republicans are straight up grotesque. They have no morals, no stances that help Americans and all they care about is mone… 1 day ago
- RT @POTUS: Today I spoke with President Zelenskyy to underscore that the U.S. will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of Ukraini… 1 day ago
- RT @ananavarro: Herschel Walker is not alone. There’s a bunch of “Do as I say, not as I do”, people out there -some in positions of power-… 1 day ago
- RT @JohnFugelsang: "I oppose abortion in all cases, unless it's to save the political life of the father" 1 day ago
Tag Archives: extrinsic motivation
Intrinsic Motivation can be Aversive
A few days ago, a friend of mine, Matt Welch, wrote something on his blog that totally blew my mind. There’s been so much conversation lately, on this blog and others, debating the use and value of intrinsic and extrinsic … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior
Tagged arranged consequences, artificial consequences, aversive control, Education, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, Matt Welch, Motivation, natural consequences, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, Reading, reinforcement, Student, Twitter, United States
13 Comments
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation…a false dichotomy?
I had a fascinating “debate” of sorts with some of my Twitter colleagues two weeks ago. We were discussing the recent article, Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids, that appeared in The Atlantic … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior
Tagged Angry Birds, Applied behavior analysis, B.F. Skinner, Behavior, Behavior Analysis, behavior management, cognitive learning, Education, extrinsic motivation, Freakonomics, Intrinsic and extrinsic properties, intrinsic motivation, John A. List, Motivation, positive reinforcement, Psychology, reinforcement, skill acquisition, Teacher, teaching, Twitter
47 Comments
disrupt learning! 