Motivation — Ask students - how many buttons are on his/her shirt? Don’t know? Why not? Not motivated to learn.
How many steps between your floor in a hotel and the ground floor? Don’t know? Why not? Not motivated? What if there is a fire? You must use the stairs. Wouldn’t it be nice to know how many as you are crouched low feeling your way down to bottom? Yes. We just created a motivation to learn.