The more you know, the deeper conversations you can have. We've selected videos, books, and articles about this month's topic to help build knowledge and make connections. After all, true understanding isn't a closed room. It's a network of ideas that work together.
Game Theory Challenge: Can You Predict Human Behavior? TED-Ed
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Sprouts
Motivation: Internal and External. ClickView Educational Library
"Cash for good grades? Some schools give it a try." Some public schools are paying students to succeed. Is this approach effective? Is it ethical?
"Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivation for Students" What motivates you more? Internal satisfaction, or external rewards? This article is written for teachers, so as a student, would these strategies work for you?
Game Theory and Cooperation: How Putting Others First Can Help Everyone. No, "game theory" is not about video games. But it is about why people make decisions, and that's true of games, sports, school, and the rest of life.
Fiction: The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
Arthur isn't a criminal. At least he thinks he isn't. His principal, the juvenile detention judge, and his own parents seem to think differently. This novel was nominated for 16 US-state awards and was an ALA Notable Book, an ILA Teachers Choice, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. It shows how our motivations -- immediate and long-term, intrinsic and extinsic -- can shift as young children become young adults.
Non-fiction: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. What forces motivated William, and how did he respond? A true story with lasting lessons.
