section_path: Factors affecting learning/Psychological factors and teaching style
section_name: Psychological factors and teaching style
paragraph_text: Psychological factors and teaching style
  
  Intrinsic motivation, such as a student's own intellectual curiosity or desire to experiment or explore, has been found to sustain learning more effectively than extrinsic motivations such as grades or parental requirements. Rote learning involves repetition in order to reinforce facts in memory, but has been criticized as ineffective and " drill and kill " since it kills intrinsic motivation. Alternatives to rote learning include active learning and meaningful learning.
  
  The speed, accuracy, and retention, depend upon aptitude, attitude, interest, attention, energy level, and motivation of the students. Students who answer a question properly or give good results should be praised. This encouragement increases their ability and helps them produce better results. Certain attitudes, such as always finding fault in a student's answer or provoking or embarrassing the student in front of a class are counterproductive.
  
  Certain techniques can increase long-term retention: