The Effects of Motivational Techniques on The Students of Saint Bridget Colleges High School Department

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Everything the students do is underlined by some sort of motivation. Motivation is the determining factor in learning, since students who do not want to learn will not learn regardless of the caliber of the teacher, and the students who do want to learn will. When students are motivated, learning would easily take place. However, motivating students to learn requires a very challenging role on the part of the teacher. It requires a variety of teaching styles or techniques just to capture students' interest.

METHODS

This research was conducted at Saint Bridget College High School Department and intended to determine the effectiveness of student's rewards in promoting external motivation. Also, it is concerned on the motivational techniques used by the teachers which help develop students' interest to learn and factors that influenced students' motivations like teaching strategies, evaluation procedure and teacher's characteristics.

There were 30 respondents selected by purposive sampling. To gather the data, a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized. The study was limited to the responses provided by the respondents and further delimited to high school of the school under study.

RESULTS

Result showed that tests or quizzes are teachers' main motivational tool to make students learn/ study. Teaching strategies, evaluation procedures, and teachers' characteristics were factors that influence and affects student's motivation.

DISCUSSIONS

It is recommended that the teachers should be skillful in determining which motivational technique is best suited for a given subject area to make sure that they capture student's interest to learn.