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The document discusses various factors influencing motivation in learning math, including intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, the importance of curiosity, competitiveness, and having clear goals. It highlights barriers to motivation such as lack of understanding of the subject and inadequate materials, while suggesting that motivation can be enhanced through unexpected rewards and the right support. Ultimately, it questions whether motivation or habit formation is more crucial for learning math and emphasizes the personal nature of motivation.

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The document discusses various factors influencing motivation in learning math, including intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, the importance of curiosity, competitiveness, and having clear goals. It highlights barriers to motivation such as lack of understanding of the subject and inadequate materials, while suggesting that motivation can be enhanced through unexpected rewards and the right support. Ultimately, it questions whether motivation or habit formation is more crucial for learning math and emphasizes the personal nature of motivation.

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How to stay motivated doing math?

Intrinsic motivation vs external motivation

- Guilt by not doing it (what drives the guilt?)


- Solving a problem.
- Curiosity (Gets you started... but does it keep you going?)
- Competitiveness (ego-driven motivation)
- The more you know, the more you see the beauty of a subject. (Maybe people who
don't like math, don't know enough math to like it?)
- Knowing the language helps (barriers that kill motivation)
- Having a goal (like an exam, or job interview)
- Peer pressure
- Forced to learn math.
- Having good materials.
- Seeing the influence of math in other fields.

Theory of motivation:

Rewards can bring intrinsic motivation when: Unexpected, low-value, tied to


performance.

How can we use this ideas to keep our motivation going or improve it?

If you want to learn math, is motivation the way to go? Or should you instead
attempt to create a habit?

Do you want to get somewhere or do you want to enjoy the ride?

Barriers that kill motivation

- Not knowing the language


- Not having good materials

Does school cripples motivation?

Lack of motivation comes from believing that you cannot do something.

I've never been motivated by math

- The motivation came once Bob found a tutor (did your motivation died off?)

Motivation is personal

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