You've already asked him twice to put the phone away. He does, for four minutes. Then it's back. This isn't a discipline problem, it's a competition problem. And the screen is winning because of something specific your unit is probably missing. This episode introduces The Design Audit and the exact prompt that shows you where real stakes are absent from your current unit. Let's talk about what your lesson is actually competing with.

This episode draws in part on research in:

• Self-determination theory: autonomy, competence, and relatedness as drivers of intrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000)
• Adolescent reward sensitivity and heightened dopaminergic response to social feedback (Casey et al., 2008; Steinberg, 2008)
• Formative assessment and tight feedback loops as conditions for felt competence (Black & Wiliam, 1998)
• Authentic audience and real-world stakes in project-based learning motivation (Krajcik & Shin, 2014)
• Environmental design and behavioral substitution in habit formation (Wood & Neal, 2007)