Fear of failure takes hold. When fear manifests an increased risk of getting unmotivated happens.
Apply the three C’s to combat this issue:
• Connection
• Contribution
• Competence
The three C's reduce the fear of failure. They also promote healthy learning.
Research on the success of students is too narrow a concept.
Motivation: The Overlooked Sixth Component of Reading is about how children grow academic skills. The needed skills for college and career readiness. Motivation is often missed. It does not exactly relate to academic skills.
Motivation relates to the attitudes and behaviors that occur when children learn. It includes:
• The innate need to learn.
• The system of incentives and disincentives that others bring to the table.
• The fear students have of failing.
Students sometimes grow a fear of failure when the curiosity of learning wears off.
This replaces the learning process. A scared student can not learn as effectively. Mainly at an early age when confidence and motivation are easily influenced.
The "Three C’s" are vital in early childhood education.
• Connection: the concept of happiness. Also the comfort of being the building blocks of learning.
• Contribution: making a student comfortable in group discussions
• Competence: helping your student feel like they have grasped a subject. Also that they are comfortable sharing what they learned.
The three C’s [are] a “critical ingredients for a healthy child and youth development." - Martha Farrell Erickson, PhD.
Feeling comfortable is linked to increased learning
Youth curiosity lessens as they grow. Learning starts to feel like work while at school. Creating a dislike to school. The desire to learn dwindles. Motives are no longer seen. Leading to the fear of failure.
Happy and comfortable students learn better. Giving learners detailed feedback on their progress builds competence. Show students their strengths to allow them to:
• Reflect
• Gain power
• Proceed carefully with their studies