Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Motivation or Desire to be Rewarded? In a classroom I observe, there are certain prizes students win by completing work, getting 100's, etc. I'm not sure if the students are completely absorbing the information, or just want to quickly complete it to gain a reward. Is there a way to reward students while also not ensuring hard work is involved? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I feel like the best reward system is classroom economy. In my internship classroom we have a classroom store that is only used once a month and the students have to earn money for classroom privileges and desk pets. We change prices every month for the privileges and toys so they never know if they have enough money until the day of, this seems to keep them motivated to continue with good behavior and good grades as we only reward them for 100s. If they’re getting 100s they are holding in information and displaying it in their work. We also sometimes skip paying them, or will randomly pay them for answering questions right or good behavior so they aren’t always expecting it. Sometimes kids just need motivation and rewards to get stuff done, as long as they are showing progress in their work then you’re doing right by them.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I like this method Rated On: October 17, 2022 1:57 am Rated By: Jennifer Overbey