Motivation can foster unique capabilities in students
Assess the capabilities and skills of students by asking them to provide evident portfolios where they use technology to capture their performances.
There are innumerable ways for teachers to help students develop independent thinking skills. Independent thinking skills are at the forefront of learning how to be not only a great thinker but a great leader.
Such skills teach our learners how to make sense of the world based on personal experience and observation, and to make critical well-informed decisions in the same way. Students gain confidence and the ability to learn from mistakes as they build successful and productive lives.
Assess the capabilities and skills of students by asking them to provide evident portfolios where they use technology to capture their performances. Develop your students’ creativity in the classroom through intrinsic motivation. It fuels creativity. Several studies have shown that relying on rewards and incentives in the classroom can undermine intrinsic motivation to complete a task—an effect called “over justification’.
Make it clear to students that creativity requires effort. The creative process is not a simple “aha” that strikes without warning. Tell students that truly creative people must imagine, and struggle and re-imagine while working on a project.
Experiment with activities where students can practice creative thinking. Many teachers have suggestions for creative activities they’ve tried as warm-ups or quick breaks. “Doodles,” or visual riddles are simple line drawings that can have a wide range of different interpretations and can stimulate divergent thinking.
Use creative instructional strategies, models and methods as much as possible in a variety of domains. Model creativity for students in the way you speak and the way you act. Do encourage them to perform personal project related to the topic.
As a teacher, you can experiment with monitoring students less as they work and provide opportunities for them to pursue their passion to enhance unique capabilities.
P Vasantha Malini
DPS Nacharam
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