Objectives To identify extrinsic and intrinsic rewards that motivate student achievement. To generate suggestions for how instructors can use extrinsic and intrinsic rewards to motivate student achievement. Introduction The purpose of this exercise is to explore the use of rewards in motivating student achievement. There are two types of rewardsextrinsic and intrinsicthat can be used to fuel student motivation. Extrinsic motivation drives people's behavior when they do things in order to attain a specific outcome. Extrinsic motivation is the payoff a person receives from others for performing a particular task. For students, these rewards include things like grades, getting better jobs, verbal recognition from peers and professors, academic scholarships, and admittance to honorary societies and associations. In contrast, intrinsic motivation is driven by positive feelings associated with doing well on a task or job. Intrinsic rewards are self-granted; the payoff comes from pleasing yourself. Instructions 1. Brainstorm a list of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards that are associated with academic achievement. Use silent brainstorming because research shows that it leads to a greater quantity and quality of ideas. 2. Set up a master list of all unique ideas generated through brainstorming. Identify your top five extrinsic and intrinsic rewards from the list. 3. Generate specific recommendations for how any college instructor might build these top five extrinsic and intrinsic rewards into a classroom environment. 4. Finally, provide one suggestion for how any instructor might build these rewards into the classroom environment. Questions To Answer 1. What did you learn about the use of rewards from this exercise? 2. How can instructors improve student achievement through the application of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards? 3. Can instructors really motivate students? Source: A. Johnson & A. Kinicki, Group and Video Resource Manual: An Instructor's Guide to an Active Classroom (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006), pp.172-173