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  • Self-Determination Theory: Why Kids Learn Fastest When They Choose

    Most parents have watched the same scene play out. A child who cannot sit still for 20 minutes of homework will spend 4 hours building something in Roblox, testing it, breaking it, fixing it, and coming back the next morning to keep going. We tend to file this under "he only likes the fun stuff." and shrug it off. What you are watching is not a lack of discipline. It is motivation doing exactly what motivation is supposed to do. Psychologists have studied this for 50 years, and the framework that explains it best is called Self-Determination Theory. The three things every learner needs Self-Determination Theory (SDT) was developed by two psychologists, Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, starting in the 1970s. Their central finding is simple to state and hard to fake. People do their best, most durable work when three needs are met: Autonomy. The sense that you chose [...]
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