# motivating students * [Movivating students exercise](/teacher-curriculum/exercises/motivating-students.md#movivating-students-exercise) * [Learning objectives](/teacher-curriculum/exercises/motivating-students.md#learning-objectives) * [Exercises](/teacher-curriculum/exercises/motivating-students.md#exercises) * [Learning Paths](/teacher-curriculum/exercises/motivating-students.md#learning-paths) ## Learning objectives * Learn how to increase students motivation * Learn the different types of motivation there is ## Exercises * Explain the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation * What factors make a student find an activity as interesting and engages in it? * How can we use the Model of Intrinsic Motivation when teaching or helping students? Do you think it can help? * Out of the different motivation strategies, which resonates the most with you and why? List half a dozen things you did this week in your job that use the skills we teach in HYF. Examples: * Helped a colleague to debug a problem by eliminating possibilities * Extracted functionality > from ## Learning Paths * [Groundwork for student learning](/teacher-curriculum/learning-paths/groundwork-for-student-learning.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://hyfbe.gitbook.io/teacher-curriculum/exercises/motivating-students.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.