"What did stand out to me, though, was how many students described their own hurdles with accessing motivation, both academic and otherwise, as "not knowing exactly what to do" and their own self-labeled "laziness." I've been teaching for twenty years, and along with many of my colleagues, I have seen an increase since COVID in students who are risk-averse and who regularly request that someone "just tell them what to do.""
"Encouraging feedback from peers and mentors can boost motivation and set them on a path to success. Teens are chasing the end product, not the knowledge gained along the way This kind of A+B=C reliability might be motivating to students in the short term; however, it's tied to a distinct end product - a grade, a checked-box on a to-do list, the ability to finally scroll TikTok - and not the learning itself."
Students often report barriers to motivation such as not knowing exactly what to do and self-labeled laziness. Many students request explicit step-by-step instructions and avoid academic risk. Risk-aversion increased since COVID, influenced by easy online answers, shrinking attention spans, and high stakes of making mistakes, compounded by peers outsourcing work to AI models like ChatGPT. Reliance on exact outlines or chatbots promotes a focus on measurable end products—grades, checked boxes, or immediate rewards—rather than the learning process itself. Encouraging feedback from peers and mentors can boost motivation and help students engage more with tasks.
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