Yeah, my worry is they just turn genuine intrinsic motivation into mundane extrinsic motivation. Kids should want to do things out of pure curiosity and interest, not solely because they’ll receive prizes for it. It’s why I like legos so much as a kid; they’re a toy without any external prize or motivator that you play with purely for the desire to create.
Yeah, my worry is they just turn genuine intrinsic motivation into mundane extrinsic motivation. Kids should want to do things out of pure curiosity and interest, not solely because they’ll receive prizes for it. It’s why I like legos so much as a kid; they’re a toy without any external prize or motivator that you play with purely for the desire to create.
That’s why kids love Minecraft so much nowadays, I call that game electronic Legos or digital Legos when they go into creative