497 – How to motivate young children 如何激励小孩子

Motivating Factors

- Approval (赞成、许可), praise （赞扬）, and positive reinforcement （强化）(especially of efforts over ‘grades’

- Responsibility for learning within the learning environment (a job to do, for example)

- Incentives （激励）

- Curiosity （好奇心）and exploration （探索）

- Age-appropriate challenge

Ways to Motivate

- Opportunities that encourage and support learner decision making

- Caring, supportive learning environments

- Tasks with short-term goals that result in success that furthers the desire to learn

- Learning opportunities that present achievable （可实现的）challenges

- Activities that are fun to ensure learning is enjoyable

- Sequenced activities that are relatively short to maintain （维持）engagement and prevent boredom