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Motivating Students^1,2,

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia 65201

Abstract

Introduction

"Any number of young men are groping about without any vision of where they are going - but it does not necessarily follow that such a man is doomed to failure - in every man's life there lies latent energy only waiting for a spark, and if it strikes, will set the whole being afire, and he will become a human dynamo, capable of accomplishing anything to which he aspires."

Why is it that when two students have similar talents and apparent overall equal abilities, one of them will inevitably move ahead? Much of it may be attributed to greater motivation.

Let us define student motivation as the degree of desire to learn, to study, to participate, and to cooperate in the overall teaching-learning process.

Motivation may result from an incentive, an impulse, an inducement, or an inspiration. Students cannot be coerced into doing their best work — they can only be inspired to do it.

¹ Invitational Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Animal Science. August 16 to 18, 1976, Texas A&M University, College Station.

² Contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Journal Series Number 7670. Approved by the Director.

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