Transforming Education
Self-Management Strategies
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...
William & Mary
Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet
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...
Transforming Education
Self-Efficacy Toolkit
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...
Edutopia
Edutopia: Maintaining Students' Motivation for Learning as the Year Goes On
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
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...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Motivational Appeals
This lesson focuses on motivational appeals and what motivates people including a list of 16 basic motivators, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and Monroe's motivated sequence.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Motivation and Attitudes: Motivation Article
Explains the basic theories of motivation.
Other
Effective Mind Control: A Biological Theory of Motivation
Most theories of motivation evolve from biological studies. This article identifies a handful of these theories including intuition theory, instinct theory, drive reduction theory, and psychoanalytic theory.
Other
Adi: The Intersection of Culture and Achievement Motivation [Pdf]
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Encouraging Student Motivation With Khan Academy
This resource explains how Khan Academy can be used as a motivational tool to increase students motivation and engagement.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
This lesson illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. You'll be surprised, no doubt- but watch out! You might find that your motivations are misplaced. [10:48]
Other
The Ceo Refresher: Motivating a Workforce That Can't Be
Explains what motivation is and what will and will not motivate a person. Also provides an example of this philosophy.
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: The Leadership Motivation Assessment: How Are You Motivated to Lead?
Online personalized quiz tests participants' motivation and leadership strengths.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Motivation and Emotion: Psychology
Learning module with comprehensive multi-media resources, including assignments, projects, and assessment on motivation and emotion.
Other
Mental help.net: Motivating Adolescents Toward Responsible Choices Part I
Explains the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation in the context of parenting a teenager. Then discusses the difference between controlling a teen versus giving them choices. (Published: Feb. 3, 2015)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Motivations and Attitudes Questions
This is a ten-question quiz concerning motivations and attitudes.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Motivating Reluctant Adolescent Readers
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...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Motivating Middle School Students to Revise and Edit [Pdf]
This article explores the idea of authentic audiences and student publication for motivating student writers.
Other
Modern World History: Motives for Imperialism
Why would countries go to extremes to control another country? Examine the 5 main motives for imperialism. Also view primary sources including sketches, maps, advertisements, and photographs and answer related discussion questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Strategies to Engage and Motivate Students on Khan Academy
A description of ways to make students excited and motivated to learn and practice on Khan Academy.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Motivation for European Conquest of the New World
God, gold, and glory motivated European nations to explore and create colonies in the New World. This article discusses the Crusades and how they influenced European colonization projects.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nature/national Geographic: Flora's Background and Motivation
Learn about what motivated Flora, a woman from the city, to move to the African bush in this short video from Nature/National Geographic. This is one in a series of three videos about Flora's life. [7:00]
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
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