Comments on: Motivation: dangle a carrot rather than threaten with a whip! https://mirjamglessmer.com/2015/09/14/motivation-dangle-a-carrot-rather-than-threaten-with-a-whip/ Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: How your students might be hurting themselves by skipping classes | https://mirjamglessmer.com/2015/09/14/motivation-dangle-a-carrot-rather-than-threaten-with-a-whip/#comment-975 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:13:34 +0000 http://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=3538#comment-975 […] Third, if we want mandatory attendance, policies that punish for missing class are more successful than those rewarding attendance (in most studies – not all). This seems to contradict the classical “dangle a carrot rather than threaten with a whip“. […]

]]> By: And even more on motivation | https://mirjamglessmer.com/2015/09/14/motivation-dangle-a-carrot-rather-than-threaten-with-a-whip/#comment-656 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:06:15 +0000 http://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=3538#comment-656 […] week we talked about motivation quite a bit: First about why do students engage in academic tasks?, then about how motivation is proportional to the expectation of achieving a goal. Today I want to […]

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