Personal desire and need are crucial motivating factors. There is no attempt to deliver content until the connection between desire and the training objectives is made. This is most simply done by the factor of choice. Girl Scout Badges and Interest Projects and Boy Scout Merit Badges are sets of different experiential action plans, any of which will facilitate the the organizations' goals for its members. Each one is an opportunity for youth and their leaders to venture into new knowledge and experience.
Participants choose according to their interests and needs.
After this first choice is made, there are more choices and options available to meet the requirements, but these choices need only be made one at a time, and are themselves a form of personal evaluation and self-direction. This is managed by making all requirements be active. The adviser becomes a helper, not a judge. Individuals and groups learn to make Evaluation a habit at all levels because it is written into all parts of the action plan. Sharing creates an authentic situation in which evaluation is both internal and external but does not have to be pre-defined or judged.