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Engagement is such a hot topic these days that I’ve been reading a great deal on what motivates us at work. When I read Kim Marshall‘s succinct synthesis of Kathleen Cushman’s article “Eight Conditions of Motivated Learning,” I was struck by similarity to the current thinking of business managers and human resources professionals. No matter our age — adolescents, adults, or children — motivation depends on our perceived value of the activity, expectations of success, and is inhibited by stress. A synopsis of Cushman’s article, based on her interviews with hundreds of adolescents, follows.
In this Kappan article, Kathleen Cushman (What Kids Can Do) shares her equation on motivation: V x E = M (Value times Expectancy equals Motivation). In other words, if students value an activity and expect to be successful, they will be motivated. After interviewing hundreds of adolescents on the conditions that increase school motivation, she distilled the following:
“Eight Conditions for Motivated Learning” by Kathleen Cushman in Phi Delta Kappan, May 2014 (Vol. 95, #8, p. 18-22), www.kappanmagazine.com; Cushman can be reached at kathleencushman@mac.com.