Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student Motivation I teach foreign language and for two of my three courses there is no final required at the end of the year and no Student Learning Objective. Students know that all they have to do to complete the class, is pass. Students will therefore take their grade of a C, even when given the opportunity to improve it, and move on. What can I do to increase the student's intrinsic motivation? How can I encourage them to try harder- to push for an A or B instead of a C? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Giving students rewards for completing their work with a passing grade often works. Perhaps giving students twenty minutes at the end of class to socialize if everyone completes their work could help. Students who do not complete the work can go to another room and work on an assignment.