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What Joe Liemandt thinks about motivation

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Founder of Trilogy Software and principal of Alpha School, the private school network built around two hours a day of AI-delivered mastery learning.

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  1. Our readingMotivation, not curriculum or method, is ninety percent of the problem in education and ninety percent of the solution.

    Their wordsAnd that's why we say motivation is 90% of the problem or the solution because you have to be able to motivate the person to engage with these personalized lessons to learn it.

    ↗How to Accelerate Learning & Improve Education | Joe Liemandtyoutube.com 18th of 26 in this recording

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    Interesting

  3. Our readingPaying a child cash to break a belief that they cannot do something is legitimate, and it creates intrinsic motivation rather than destroying it.

    Their wordsthese kids have a block that they can't do it. You do whatever you can including paying them to break through the block. they then see themselves as a different person

    ↗How to Accelerate Learning & Improve Education | Joe Liemandtyoutube.com 22nd of 26 in this recording

    Interesting