Teachers can increase student motivation and
compliance through any method that reduces the apparent ‘response effort’ of an
academic task- so long as that method does not hold the student to a lesser
academic standard than classmates.
Type: Student Strategy
Procedure:
Appropriate response-effort examples include:
(1)
breaking a larger student assignment into smaller ‘chunks’ and providing the
student with performance feedback and praise for each completed ‘chunk’ of
assigned work, and
(2) arranging for students to start challenging reading or
homework assignments in class as a cooperative activity and then complete the
remainder on their own.
Source: http://www.interventioncentral.org/tools/behavior-intervention-planner
Research Citation: Skinner, C. H., Pappas, D. N., & Davis, K.
A. (2005). Enhancing academic engagement: Providing opportunities for
responding and influencing students to choose to respond. Psychology in the
Schools, 42, 389-403.