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Self-Management Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th
What self-management techniques help scholars achieve their goals? Readers review a list of strategies for managing stress, increasing motivation, and setting goals. They discover how to monitor their emotions, create checklists to stay...
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William & Mary

Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...
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Self-Efficacy Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
A PowerPoint presentation prepares instructors for teaching learners about self-efficacy, a key competency of social-emotional learning. The 29-page presentation is designed to give administrators and teachers a deeper understanding of...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Maintaining Students' Motivation for Learning as the Year Goes On

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article explores the idea that neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off. Included are ways to provide choice to invigorate students' motivation,...
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What I Have Learned: 8 Ways to Increase Student Motivation Through Goal Setting

For Teachers K - 1st
As educators, we realize the value of goal setting and are constantly encouraging our students to dream big and set goals. What we often forget is that unless we help them find their motivation, set up a plan, and identify supports they...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Encouraging Student Motivation With Khan Academy

For Students K - 1st
This resource explains how Khan Academy can be used as a motivational tool to increase students motivation and engagement.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Student Motivation and Engagement in Literacy Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers can help students build confidence in their ability to comprehend content-area texts, by providing a supportive environment and offering information on how reading strategies can be modified to fit various tasks. Teachers should...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Encouraging Student Motivation With Khan Academy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find tips to help students gain confidence in using Khan Academy, develop a growth mindset, establish a connection between learning and life, work collaboratively, celebrate success,
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Strategies to Engage and Motivate Students on Khan Academy

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A description of ways to make students excited and motivated to learn and practice on Khan Academy.
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Other

Jensen Learning: Secrets to Ramping Up Student Effort: 10 Step Checklist

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Over the years, student effort has been called many things. Some call it "motivation" and others call it "work ethic." But no matter what you call it, students will never rise to their full potential without a strong effort. Here is what...
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher Stuff: Motivating Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a collection of teacher submitted tips for getting students motivated and involving them in classroom activities. Tips of particular interest include motivating students to COMPLETE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Stepping Up: What Motivates You to Make Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module includes several examples of ways that students can make a difference in their communities to create positive change.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Macbeth Fear and the Motives of Evil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Why does Macbeth, who knows that his actions are evil and will be punished, continue to choose evil?" Through this study of Macbeth's evil deeds, high school students will not only test their reading and research skills but also explore...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry: The Crusades: Motivations, Administration, and Cultural Influence

For Students 9th - 10th
Newberry Library learning module uses primary resources from which students examine Western Christian religious beliefs, political relationships, and personal values during the Middle Ages and how the goals and actions of the Crusades...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Motivating Students: Pick a Card, Any Card

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient grouping strategy. Teachers will learn to motivate students with the "Pick a Card, Any Card" strategy. It explains how to use it to select parts for reading a play in class.
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Adi: The Intersection of Culture and Achievement Motivation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth journal report directed to assist understanding of sociocultural motivation inside classrooms. Student achievement is directly related to cultural exposure in the environment.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Learner Interest Matters: Strategies for Empowering Student Choice

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
When a topic connects to what students like to do, engagement deepens as they willingly spend time thinking, dialoguing, and creating ideas in meaningful ways. This article gives ideas on how to harness the power of your students'...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: How Can Instruction Help Adolescent Students With Motivation?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers have an important role to play in influencing and supporting students' motivation for learning. This article highlights four classroom strategies that educators can use to engage students with texts.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Motivating Middle School Students to Revise and Edit [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This article explores the idea of authentic audiences and student publication for motivating student writers.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Motivating Reluctant Adolescent Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can you motivate adolescents who have never turned on to the magic of reading? Tutoring teenagers is as much about building self-confidence as teaching skills. Low self-image and feelings of powerlessness trouble many unmotivated...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Models for Student Success

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Only 68% of all students entering high school nationwide will earn their diploma. The news for students from historically underserved populations is even worse. These students have slightly more than a 50% chance of graduating from high...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: What Are the Key Elements of Student Engagement?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As part of their series to help schools understand the federal No Child Left Behind Law, Learning Point Associates describes the four key elements of student engagement - student confidence, teacher involvement, relevant texts, and...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Challenge Your Top Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here are 10 ways to meet the needs of your advanced learners and help the rest of your class too! You decide which strategies are the best match for your students' needs and your teaching style.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: You Can Do It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson intended to motivate and inspire students. Students view a brief motivational video linked in the lesson plan and discuss ways students can overcome obstacles in order to reach their goals. [3:44]

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