Most textbooks ultimately come down to didactic presentation. The student is told: “If you study these facts and processes, then you will do well on the test.”<\/p>\n
Therefore much of the motivation is extrinsic — the desire to succeed. For some fortunate students, who happen to already have an interest in a given subject, there is also the intrinsic motivation to learn more about what they love.<\/p>\n
But if a student does not already have that connection to a topic, then assigning them chores will not forge that connection. In fact, it might inspire dread and resentment.<\/p>\n
So why not instead present educational material in the form of fictional narratives? That will tap into a motivation that the student already has, on an instinctive biological level — the desire to hear a good story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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