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Motivation

In my classroom the teacher used Autonomy as a motivating factor for her students. She let her students decide what center to go to and if the center was a writing center she let them choose the topic of their story. She also let students listen to music so that they could keep their brain stimulated if they were doing something that did not require them to listen. I also noticed that with some of the students this did not keep them very motived at times and even saying if you do not get at least one center done you will not receive a grade did not seem to motivate them. Combating students apathy in class is something that I am glad I am learning about because it seems to be a real problem.

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