Motivation is imperative in a classroom to enhance the students' learning experience. Either a student learns through intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. The key to motivating students is for the teacher to use strategies to enhance intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The purpose of this essay is to show how the teacher I observed intrinsically and extrinsically motivates his students.
             Sometimes a student can be fascinated in a subject and are eager to learn more without outside influence or help. This kind of a situation is when there exists a large amount of intrinsic incentive to motivate a child. It is when a student enjoys an aspect of an activity enough to be motivated within. In order to ensure students are intrinsically motivated, teachers must use certain strategies to encourage this type of learning.
             During my observation, the teacher uses his time during the lesson to create a very effective motivational environment. Before his lesson, he has review problems or questions on the board from the previous day's lesson. The students engage in this work, while the teacher walks around the class to make sure that everyone understands the problems or needs some help. After about ten minutes, one of two events would occur. Sometimes, the teacher has the students volunteer to write the answers to the problems, showing all of the steps, on the board. Other times, the teacher does the problems himself on the board, but he has his students help him along the way. He goes through the problem, step by step, asking the students what the next step is. Whichever one of these situations takes place; the students have an opportunity to look over the problems, ask any questions, and correct their work. Usually, after the review problems, the teacher starts the lesson by asking some thought provoking questions. The teacher makes the lesson an interactive learning experience with his students by using a direct instructional
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