Motivation Education: Engaging Youth Through Authentic Research

MOTIVATION EDUCATIONMOTIVATION EDUCATION™
PresentsPresents

We Do Action Research
http://www.toolfactory.com/Research/ResearchSummary.htm
Hour 1 = Online Learning Hour 2 = Motivation Education
Study Design
There were 3 areas of emphasis which contributed to the score increases.
1) Motivator Simulators- The study participants were enrolled in at least one after
school program where students could study animal husbandry, marine biology,
mountaineering and connect to authentic experts in their field.
2.) Direct Instruction - Conventional textbook and teacher-designed enrichment
based on fundamental skill development.
3.) Computer Assisted Instruction - Students practiced math and writing skills
through online programming with instant feedback.

Working to have an impact
on our students by
Designing Performance
Activities Called
MOTIVATOR MAPS FOR
EDUCATORS.

So We Started a Summer & After
School Company
Called
“Educators Connecting Research to
the K-16 Classroom”
Parents Call Our Work
“Motivation Education”
That’s a decade story in one slide….

As Teachers we have a jammed
curriculum
• More Faster = Less Enjoyment for
students and teachers
• Less Enjoyment = Student Resistance
(They would like to think like a child)
• Student Resistance = Harder Teaching
(Teachers want to retire or quit)
• Harder Teaching = Falling Behind
(Less Complex Thinking Taking Place)
• Falling Behind = More Faster

SO ONE CHALLENGE IN
EDUCATING TODAY’S STUDENTS
HAS BECOME
 MOTIVATION
 CURIOSITY
 LOVE OF LEARNING

How do we do engage youth?
How do we help
today’s youth
love learning
while meeting
new demanding
requirements?

Educators Connecting Research to the K-16 Classroom
MISSIONMISSION
The mission of ECRC is to align experts’ fact
finding research to researched best education
practices, starting with creative planning that will
activate a student’s motivation to meet today’s
21st
Century teaching requirements.
ACCELERATED
LEARNING TRIANGLE
AUTHENTIC
RESEARCH
K-16
EDUCATION
21:1 Program Development Rule
It takes 21 hours of development for 1 hour of programming

Formal
Education
Informal
Education
The triangle is the strongest design when it comes
to the strength of a structure.
Field Trips; Museums; Internet
Knowledge; World Scientists,
Education Theory and Yes,
The Curriculum Standards

Theory of Multiple Intelligences
by Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner of Harvard has identified nine distinct
intelligences. This widely accepted theory has emerged
from recent cognitive research and "documents the
extent to which students possess different kinds of
minds and therefore learn, remember, perform, and
understand in different ways," according to Gardner
(1991). It is our entry point for motivating students.

Self Determination Theory
*Autonomy *Competence

Research on Student MotivationResearch on Student Motivation
• “Motivation increases initiation of and
persistence in activities.”
(Larson, 2000; Maehr, 1984; Wigfield, 1994)
• “Motivation increases students’ time on
task, an important factor affecting their
learning and achievement. “
(Brophy, 1988; Larson, 2000; Wigfield, 1994).

Motivation Affects Learning & BehaviorMotivation Affects Learning & Behavior
• “Motivation leads to increased effort & energy.”
(Csikszentmihalyi & Nakamura, 1989; Maehr, 1984; Pintrich et al.,
1993)
• “Motivation affects cognitive processes.”
Motivation affects what learners pay attention to and
how effectively they process it (Eccles & Wigfield,
1985; Pintrich & Schunk, 2002; Pugh & Bergin, 2006)
• “Motivation leads to increased effort and energy.”
(Csikszentmihalyi & Nakamura, 1989; Maehr, 1984; Pintrich et al.,
1993)

Motivation’s Affects Learning & BehaviorMotivation’s Affects Learning & Behavior
“Motivation often enhances performance.”
. . . by stimulating goal-directed behavior, effort and
energy, initiation often leads to improved performance.
(A. E. Gottfried, 1990; Schiefele, Krapp, & Winteler,
1992; Walberg & Uguroglu, 1980).

Ecosystems on the EdgeEcosystems on the Edge
An Education Resource for
21st
Century Teaching Requirements
A joint project by
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
&
Educators Connecting Research to the K-16 Classroom

Bringing Scientists & Their Work into EducationBringing Scientists & Their Work into Education
Don Weller Pat Neale
Cindy Gimour
Tuck Hines
Chuck
Gallegos
Tom Jordan
John Parker Dennis WhigmanWhitman Miller
Greg Ruiz

TEACH M.E. Summer & After School
Programming
MOTIVATION EDUCATION
DEEP OCEANMT. EVEREST
EXTREME
WEATHER
RAINFOREST
CHESAPEAKE
BAY
EXTREME
BUILDING
WORLD
SCIENTISTS
ARCHAEOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
ANIMAL RESCUE
GALAPAGOS

• Extreme Weather - - Hurricanes
• Extreme Geology - -Mystery Mix
• Extreme Paleontology - - Grids of Discover
• Extreme Animals - - Saving Manatees
• Extreme Oceanography - - The Deepest Ocean
• Extreme Puzzle – The _____________ Hypothesis
• Extreme Invaders - Invasive Species 101
• Extreme Expeditions – Climbing Mount Everest
• Extreme Understandings – It’s In The Cards
• Total Prompt Theatre– Plays Without rehearsals
Motivator Maps that WorkMotivator Maps that Work

Let Creativity Invade Your Thinking:
Engage Youth in Intellectual Play

WE WERE ALL CHILDREN ONCE….
EVEN YOU…..

Three Steps To GenerateThree Steps To Generate
Student Motivation & LearningStudent Motivation & Learning

Let’s Start SimpleLet’s Start Simple
withwith
It’s In the CARDS”It’s In the CARDS”
THINK LIKE A CHILD – Kids LOVE ANIMALSTHINK LIKE A CHILD – Kids LOVE ANIMALS
TELL TRUE STORIES – The SmithsonianTELL TRUE STORIES – The Smithsonian
Conservation Biology InstituteConservation Biology Institute
ADD COMPLEX THINKING – Diamond DebateADD COMPLEX THINKING – Diamond Debate

Diamond Discussions
with your peers

Smithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
The Front Royal Campus in Virginia is one of the
leaders in wild equid reproduction, including
Przewalski's horses, Grevy's zebras, and Persian
onagers. Should Przewalski’s horses be
preserved?

Critical
Significant Significant
Important ImportantImportant
Concerned
Of InterestOf Interest
“It’s In The Cards”
Authentic Decision Making

Let youth joinLet youth join
the debate…the debate…
Intelligent “play”Intelligent “play”

MOTIVATION EDUCATIONMOTIVATION EDUCATION
A young person’s imagination can always be the
catalyst to spur interest and higher level thinking
but you need to 1st
think like a child in planning.
There are three steps . . . Step 1.
Step 1 = THINK LIKE A CHILD
Step 2.
Step 2 = TELL TRUE STORIES
Step 3 = MAKE LEARNING & PLAY Step 3.
AN INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE

Experiencing Science with Imagination . . .
It’s not only “think like a scientist”, it is
imagine science like a scientist.

Would you have thought of
preserving biodiversity if an adult had
“played” AND “taught” you with
preserving biodiversity in mind?

Approach all individuals with
intellectual play in mind. These
individuals include single scientists and
their methodology as well as individual
plants and animals.
Step 1 – THINK LIKE A CHILDStep 1 – THINK LIKE A CHILD
Yes, you can teach rich content
like biodiversity, easily, if the
adult in you thinks like a child!

Let's recreate the bat using
stockings, plant wire, fur balls,
glue and of course magnetic feet.

Performance Learning Guides
*Exploring Extremes
*All Students, One Ocean
*Shared Summits
*Rainforest Researchers
*Ecosystems on the Edge
*Chesapeake Celebrations
*One Aquarium, One Classroom
*Taken From the Native Lands
Guides for After School & Rich Content Engagement

All Students, One Ocean
HISTORY
HISTORY SHIPS
YEOMAN’S CHALLENGE
SHORELINE
BRIDGE IN A BOX
WETLANDS OF THE FUTURE
BOBBER A CRAB
OPEN OCEAN
OCEAN POLLUTION
SHARK TAGGING
TURTLEOSCOPY
DEEP SEA
BLACK SMOKERS
SHIPWRECKS

Step 1Step 1
Think Like a ChildThink Like a Child
Individual scientists and their methodology
Individual Animals and their Behaviors
Individual Plants and How They are Critical to
the Environment

Step 2Step 2 ––
TELL TRUE STORIESTELL TRUE STORIES
The
Manatee
Has A
Story

True StoryTrue Story
Manatee RescuesManatee Rescues

Every creature and expert has aEvery creature and expert has a
storystory…… and every story can be
recreated both in individual fun as
well as in the complete story.
The Florida
Manatee Has
a True Story

Manatees Are Often
Rescued After a
Motorboat Hits Them

Manatee Rescue in ActionManatee Rescue in Action

Manatee Rescue at HospitalManatee Rescue at Hospital
Following The National
Aquarium in Baltimore’s
Procedures

Manatee RescuedManatee Rescued
SAVED MANATEE
Manatee
Data
Record

Deepest Ocean
Why Not Be an Angler Fish
(with blue light sticks for bioluminescence)
What Common Core Exercises would you be
willing to do if you could do this?

““GRID OF DISCOVERY” AND “DEEPEST OCEAN”GRID OF DISCOVERY” AND “DEEPEST OCEAN”
MOTIVATOR SIMULATORSMOTIVATOR SIMULATORS

What's the difference here? Dr. Bermingham
has lots of degrees and experience……one
has lots of imagination and an excited hope for
the future that is just waiting to be directed.
Is there a difference in motivation?

Today, with the world of online published
science before us, let’s think like a child and
teach them through childlike imaginations how
the adults who love learning and are working to
preserve our planet.

Example - Invasive Species 101Example - Invasive Species 101
A native of the tropical waters of the
South Pacific and Indian Oceans, the
lionfish is a venomous, fast-
reproducing fish that has no known
predators. Aggressive eaters that will
eat almost anything, lionfish are
capable of destroying 90 percent of a
reef. The venomous fish is capable of
producing 30,000 to 40,000 eggs every
few days.
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/lionfish.shtml

Coral Reef in Balance
10 population of animals to start
•Birth
•Death by Predation
•Death by Old Age
•Death by Hurricane

The Mathematic Model
10 animals starting population
•Birth (every 3 seconds) + 20
•Death by Predation (every 5 seconds) - 12
•Death by Old Age (every 10 seconds) - 6
•Death by Earthquake (every 30 seconds) - 2
+20 and -20…..= 10 balanced population

Enter the Invasive Species
10 animals starting population
•Birth (every 3 seconds) + 20
•Death by Predation (every 5 seconds) - 12
•Death by Lionfish (every 6 seconds) - 10
•Death by Old Age (every 10 seconds) - 6
•Death by Earthquake (every 20 seconds) - 3
+10 + + 20 - 31 = -1 Species Are Extinct!!!

Ten Invasive Species for Research
• * Asian Carp
• * Rabbits
• * Cane Toads
• * Kudzu
• * Gray Squirrel
• * Killer Bees
• * Starlings
• * Northern Snakehead
• * Zebra Mussels
• * Burmese Python

Common Core SpinoffsCommon Core Spinoffs

Play Video “Alien Invader” and Do thePlay Video “Alien Invader” and Do the
Motivation SimulationMotivation Simulation
1. Authentic Real World Research1. Authentic Real World Research

2. Motivator Map- “Motivator Simulator”2. Motivator Map- “Motivator Simulator”
“Alien Invader” Learning Guide
A Teaching Guide with Dr. Greg Ruiz & Monica Noble - Alien Invader
BACKGROUND & SUMMARY
About the Marine Invasions Research Lab at SERC
About the Scientists
Gregory Ruiz - Senior Scientist
About the Motivator Simulation

Step 3 = MAKE LEARNING AND
PLAY AN INTELLECTUAL
CHALLENGE

THE FISHING BAT OF PANAMA
AN INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL

Dr. Elisabeth Kalko Bat Researcher
An Individual Scientist Who Studies
Bats in Panama

How can 70 different types of bats live on
one tiny island without "interfering" in
the guild of each other?

Nectar Bat

Fruit Bat

Insect
Bat
Open Air
Deep Forest
Forest Floor
On Surfaces
Edge of Forest

Frog Bat
Fishing Bat

Frog Bat
Pickup
Frog Bat
Roost
Nectar
Bat
Pickup
Nectar
Bat
Drop Off
Bats
Catching
Birds
Bats
Catching
Birds
Insect Bat
on
“WINGED
CART”
Fishing
Bat
Fishing
Bat

It Is Time to Test Your
Intellectual Play Abilities !!

OK Adults – Can you connect to your
childhood?
Your
Imagination?
Can you imagine the
possibilities.

Imagine Yourself in a Spaceship at
Age 40 something?

Can you think and plan like a child?
Do you remember
thinking like a
child?

Answer:
Or a cheap pot
dropped on
the floor to
create antiquity.
Archaeology

Meteorology
Youth Experiencing
Hurricane Force
Winds Using Latitude &
Longitude to
Track the Storm
Answer:
Yes, he’s a teacher

Paleontology
Answer:
or
$30 worth of
PVC Pipe

AnswerAnswer
It’s the
Bee
Waggle
Dance with
a class of
32 Bees dancing
to Bumble Boogie
Music
Entomology

MOTIVATION EDUCATION
IS A
DECISION
TO EXTEND and EMBRACE
CLASSROOM CREATIVITY

CELEBRATE NEW LEARNING
Beyond the School Norm

Creativity Opens a Magic Web
of Multiple Intelligences to
Motivate

CLIMB MOUNT EVERESTCLIMB MOUNT EVEREST

Experience a HurricaneExperience a Hurricane

SAIL WITH STUDENTS
AROUND THE WORLD

Two Final ThoughtsTwo Final Thoughts
Firstly…
When you recapture your
imagination . . .
. . .You open your mind. . .You open your mind

Secondly..
If you recapture your
imagination
and
engage your students
with it,
Creativity Will Lead To A LoveCreativity Will Lead To A Love
of Learning & Teachingof Learning & Teaching

Motivation Education
Let’s Creativity
Invade Your Planning &

Engages All InEngages All In
Intellectual PlayIntellectual Play
Teacher - Amy Student - Julie
Canopy Crane

Any Questions???Any Questions???
The Students of the World
Are Waiting for Our Creative Answers

The Videos
Videos can be found on YouTube and at www.serc.si.edu

Middle School Learning Package . . .Middle School Learning Package . . .
High School Learning Package . . .High School Learning Package . . .
Differentiation . . .Differentiation . . .
“Nutrient Odyssey” Learning Guide
Learning w/ Dr. Tom Jordan – Manure Suspects
“Ecosystems on the Edge” High School Studies
Learning w/ Dr. Tom Jordan – Watersheds 101

The Common Core and Manure Suspects
Motivator Simulation Activity - “Manure Suspects”
Data Resource Page – “Manure Suspects”
Learning w/ Dr. Tom Jordan – Manure Suspects
NGSS Standards & Manure Suspects
MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING GUIDE COMPONENT PARTS

COMMON CORE - Reading to Learn through “Article Analysis”
MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING GUIDE COMPONENT PARTS
Evaluation – Tools - Quantitative & Qualitative Data Collecting
Engineering Challenge – Build A Hydrology Instrument
Technology – Suggested Tools & Video Conferencing

CONTACT INFORMATION
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MOTIVATION EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
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