6 C’s of Motivation

Wang, S. & Han, S. (2001). Six C’s of Motivation. In M. Orey (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved 6th nFeb., 2008, from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Six_C%27s_of_motivation

The 6 C’s of motivation entail CHOICE: giving students a choice in tasks increases motivation; CHALLENGE: providing tasks at the right level avoids boredom or anxiety; CONTROL: if students are involved in the process of classroom control they become more responsible, independent learners; COLLABORATION: group work enhances individuals thinking and learning; CONSTRUCTING MEANING: relevance and value of knowledge increases motivation for learning & CONSEQUENCES: appreciation and recognition of work also increases motivation.

I agree all of these strategies have a relevance and value for teachers in creating more motivated and interested students but I also think these are all fairly obvious strategies that any good teacher would utilise out of common-sense without having to read this article. This was another one of those drawn out articles that could easily be explained in one paragraph instead of ten. Essentially it is saying that for teaching to be successful students should be involved in the learning process, challenged sufficiently, allowed student to student interaction and be supported and encouraged by their teacher when needed. Maybe these ideas aren’t as apparent to everyone and this article would be helpful to those people but I found it fairly mundane and it didn’t contain any new revelations for me.

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