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# 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 <https://teachertraining.codeyourfuture.io/content/motivation-and-demotivation>

## Learning Paths

* [Groundwork for student learning](/teacher-curriculum/learning-paths/groundwork-for-student-learning.md)