Teaching STEM subjects can be difficult, because many students lack confidence and motivation to tackle those courses and the academic rigor they require. Nearly half of teachers say they’ve asked ...

Research on teaching in recent years has awakened faculty members to the importance of cultivating intrinsic motivation in class. The idea is that, instead of relying on grades or late penalties to ...

Learning linear equations or the functions of cells, especially if it doesn’t come easily, requires a generous dose of motivation. But this intangible quality can be difficult to cultivate. There are ...

Assignments are a crucial part of the learning experience for students. Yet, surprisingly, there are relatively few professional development resources or conference sessions on how to design ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, one prevailing challenge persists: motivating students. The last few years have witnessed a noticeable shift in student behavior, consisting of apathy, ...

While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.

When I started teaching back in 1999, I had a problem. As students finished their final assignments in my educational psychology courses and went off to become teachers, they were pretty good at ...

ADDIE MEINERS SHOWS US HOW HE GETS STUDENTS INTERESTED IN LEARNING. MISTER TONY CATALANO IS A 29 YEAR VETERAN TEACHER IN JCP’S, AND HIS STUDENTS SAY HE’S THE BEST, NOT ONLY BECAUSE HE MAKES CLASS FUN, ...

During a teacher-training workshop I attended years ago, we discussed ways to motivate students to attend class and study for our classes. Some of the suggestions teachers shared were making ...

Brett and I are both professors at Yale University, but we get opposite reactions when we introduce ourselves at a party. As an assistant professor of psychology studying motivation and learning in ...