Motivating Students

Motivating Students

Author: Carolyn Chapman

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1935543717

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Learn why students disengage and how to motivate them to achieve success with a five-step framework. Research-based strategies and fun activities show how to instill a lasting love of learning in students of any age. Classroom tips and troubleshooting advice for common motivation problems prepare readers for the real-world ups and downs of motivating students.


Sparking Student Motivation

Sparking Student Motivation

Author: Eric M. Anderman

Publisher: Corwin

Published: 2020-08-06

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1071803204

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Be the change that lights the learning fire. Discover how you, as a classroom teacher, can generate enthusiasm, confidence, and joy in your students that will affect their learning and lives. Delve into the what, and why of motivation and how it affects learning. Then, learn how to spark motivation using practical, research-informed strategies that address how to ? Hone student grouping, rewards, technology, and competition for positive impact ? Confront and disarm testing conflicts to make assessments a pleasant student experience ? Examine and empower teacher–student relationships ? Rethink rules and procedures to improve behavioral outcomes


Motivation to Learn

Motivation to Learn

Author: Michael Middleton

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2014-03-12

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 148335914X

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Harness the power of motivation to transform the learning experience! When properly channeled, motivation propels learning forward. Yet teachers across all grade levels and disciplines struggle to recognize and cultivate this dynamic, social force in the classroom. This essential resource proves that all students are motivated to learn, and provides authentic tools to create and sustain a classroom community that is highly engaged. You’ll discover: Reflection activities that promote student voice and self-efficacy as well as assess existing motivation levels Case studies and best practices based on current motivation theory and research Strategies to design meaningful learning tasks and build positive relationships with students and colleagues.


Handbook of Research on Student Engagement

Handbook of Research on Student Engagement

Author: Amy L. Reschly

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-19

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 3031078535

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The second edition of the handbook reflects the expanding growth and sophistication in research on student engagement. Editorial scope and coverage are significantly expanded in the new edition, including numerous new chapters that address such topics as child and adolescent well-being, resilience, and social-emotional learning as well as extending student engagement into the realm of college attendance and persistence. In addition to its enhanced focus on student engagement as a means for promoting positive youth development, all original chapters have been extensively revised and updated, including those focusing on such foundational topics related to student engagement as motivation, measurement, high school dropout, school reform, and families. Key areas of coverage include: Demography and structural barriers to student engagement. Developmental and social contexts of student engagement. Student engagement and resilience. Engaging students through effective academic instruction and classroom management. Social-emotional learning and student mental health and physical well-being. Student engagement across the globe, languages, and cultures. The second edition of the Handbook of Research on Student Engagement is the definitive resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners and clinicians as well as graduate students in such varied fields as clinical child and school psychology, social work, public health, educational psychology, teaching and teacher education, educational policy, and all interrelated disciplines.


Using Positive Student Engagement to Increase Student Achievement

Using Positive Student Engagement to Increase Student Achievement

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13:

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Teachers and school-based administrators alike have searched to find ways to increase student achievement in their schools. Several widely known and discussed strategies include: (1) using data to drive instruction; (2) employing highly qualified teachers; and (3) improving school leadership. Additionally, positive student engagement in the classroom is another compelling factor--but not as widely discussed--that research has reported to be critical in enhancing student achievement (Akey, 2006; Heller, Calderon, & Medrich, 2003; Garcia-Reid, Reid, & Peterson, 2005). Positive student engagement is not an easy term to define, yet it is known when it is seen. Students are engaged when they "devote substantial time and effort to a task, when they care about the quality of their work, and when they commit themselves because the work seems to have significance beyond its personal instrumental value" (Newmann, 1986, p. 242). There are many strategies that teachers and school leaders can implement to greatly enhance student motivation and investment in their educational experience. However, in order to be most effective in sustaining positive student engagement in learning and increase academic performance, all of these efforts should be consistent and continual throughout the academic year and throughout each student's educational career. [This document was administered by Learning Point Associates in partnership with the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and WestEd.].


The Motivated Brain

The Motivated Brain

Author: Gayle Gregory

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1416620540

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This book explores an approach to teaching and learning that improves student motivation, knowledge acquisition, retention, and academic success.


Academic Motivation and the Culture of Schooling

Academic Motivation and the Culture of Schooling

Author: Cynthia Hudley

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-07-30

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0190208090

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Decades of research indicate the important connections among academic motivation and achievement, social relationships, and school culture. However, much of this research has been conducted in homogenous American schools serving middle class, average achieving, Anglo-student populations. This edited volume will argue that school culture is a reflection of the society in which the school is embedded and comprises various aspects, including individualism, competition, cultural stereotypes, and extrinsically guided values and rewards. They address three specific conceptual questions: How do differences in academic motivation for diverse groups of students change over time? How do students' social cognitions influence their motivational processes and outcomes in school? And what has been done to enhance academic motivation? To answer this last question, the contributors describe empirically validated intervention programs for improving academic motivation in students from elementary school through college.