Many Principles of Motivation Can Be Summed Up with the Mnemonic

question 20

Essay

Many principles of motivation can be summed up with the mnemonic "TARGETS": task, autonomy, recognition, grouping, evaluation, time, and social support. In seven paragraphs, describe seven strategies-one each related to each of the seven TARGETS variables-you might use to motivate students in a classroom. Illustrate each strategy with a specific, concrete example of what you might do.

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Definitions:

Volume Variance

The difference between the expected volume of production or sales and the actual volume, affecting costs or revenues.

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

A calculation used to measure the efficiency with which a firm uses its variable overhead resources, based on the difference between actual and expected usage.

Unfavorable

A term describing outcomes that are worse than expected or budgeted, often used in financial and operational analysis.

Favorable

A term used in financial analysis to indicate that actual performance is better than expected or budgeted performance.