I completely agree--I was thinking more of the paycheck extrinsic-intrinsic reward replies and deleted a reply I had been working on. I also feel very intrinsically rewarded when a student reads a book they love, shows improvement in reading, gets excited about a book etc. That is the reason I teach--but I need the paycheck to eat and pay the credit cards etc. Laura
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Roberts Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:47 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Question for the group On the contrary....when a child reads a chapter book for the first time in 8 years of school, I benefit from the feeling I get knowing I was a part of that discovery. When a child discovers a new author (which happens to be an AR book, btw) which I recommended, I benefit. As far as grades go, when a child succeeds in figuring out the main idea of a reading selection or become better at a particular reading strategy THAT I TAUGHT, believe me when I say I benefit from that. A child doesn't just earn a grade...if I didn't teach the content properly, it's my job to teach them and assignments reflect how well I taught... Finally, if the entire school is doing AR, and my students don't, don't you think my principal would come down on me faster than King Kong jumping off the Empire State Building? When she sees my kids getting AR points, she is happy...and when the boss is happy, we are all happy. Bill BTW, Laura, we may be stepping just beyond the groups purpose here, but if the MOT strategies are not taught with the goal of creating life-long readers, then what good are they besides making better test takers? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Labrum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Question for the group > No, paycheck are not extrinsic rewards. They are a payment for a service in > which the exployer benefits. Students are not giving US a service when they > read a book and are awarded points. Grades are not given because of > something a student does "FOR US". A paycheck is something entirely > different. We would not continue to work and give our service without the > check, this is true, but what benefit do I (school teacher/employer) get > when a student reads? Extrinsic reward is when you give something to > someone because they did something good without you, yourself, benefitting. > When you benefit from someones work and you give them a reward or money or > whatever, that is a payment for services, even if the person didn't expect > it to come. The point is in who is receiving the benefit. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
