Motivation enhances learning. For instance, I can ask my son the following arithmetic word problem: There are 49 bananas in a box. Gregory takes 13 bananas. How many are left? Or I can choose to ask the question quite differently: In the game Injustice Gods Among Us, the character Flash needs 49 experience points to get promoted to the next level, Flash currently has 13 experience points, how much experience points does Flash need to get promoted? Since my son likes the game, rephrasing the math question to take advantage of his interest makes it easier to make my son to do his math homework. Of course, it is impossible to recast each and every lesson my son has to tackle into something interesting. And as a matter of fact, whether we like it or not, there are lessons that need to be taught that are simply boring. There is hope, however. Neuroscience research has recently demonstrated that curiosity is in fact a state of the brain. Being curious apparently puts the brain in a state that is much more conducive to learning. Uninteresting material or information totally unrelated to the topic of interest, if taught during the period when the brain is curious, has a better chance of being retained in memory. philbasiceducation.blogspot/2014/12/being-curious-is-state-of-mind.html
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:51:32 +0000
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