Introduction
Motivation is an incredibly important factor in education; it plays a critical role in student learning. This motivation can be intrinsic; namely, the motivation comes from a student’s own desire to learn. However, two other major motivating factors for students include extrinsic motivation from parents and teachers. These outside forces place a great deal of pressure on these students, placing expectations on them to perform in a certain way. However, these expectations may have unknown effects on these students. Students from ages 5 to 7 are in the early stages of education, and so trends and expectations established here can carry through ...