This type of motivation may disappear when rewards and punishments are removed and may lead to more superficial learning. How much students care about succeeding at a goal will contribute to the ...

A focus on regular small wins rather than lofty goals can help teachers keep students engaged for the long haul.

Expecting to succeed and caring about the task. According to the expectancy-value model, our motivation is affected by two primary components of goals. Expectancy of whether a student can succeed at a ...

Middle and high school classrooms that neglect questions of higher purpose work against the innate desires of teens, research ...

Isaiah Hooks was having a great start to his sophomore year at Apalachee High School: He was in the band, about to ...

In academic terms, this time of major hormonal change is also accompanied by a well-known dip in students' motivation and engagement at school. This often coincides with students' going to high school ...

Students who have been interested in getting published have expressed high levels of motivation around the book review option, while students who enjoy using technology tools and being creative have ...

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While student motivation may have shifted over the years, LSAC’s senior director of prelaw engagement, Kyle McEntee, says in many ways student interests now are a good match for what law schools ...

What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital information, such as images, videos, ...

Beanstack' is a gamification program that students can use to log their reading time in exchange for points and virtual ...