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Educational Psychology / Unit 6   EDP 0507 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Creativity and Evaluation

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The idea

Creativity flourishes when the activity is its own intrinsic reward and the creator is little concerned with how the work will be judged.

In practice

Low-stakes play with ideas, alongside graded assignments, leaves room for creative risk.

Where people slip

Motivation that comes from the activity itself returns in unit seven as intrinsic motivation.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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