Increasing Student Motivation
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Spark students' motivation to learn and succeed beyond the formal years of schooling!
Every student enrolled in school can learn; however, the capacity for learning varies among students. As a result of a two-decade-long interest, author Margaret A. Theobald provides teachers with ideas and insights that can help support and motivate middle and high school students to do their best work. This unique book, which defines motivation, contains basic theories and a wealth of useful practical procedures. Easy to pick up, its simple approach and format will help school leaders apply and modify motivational strategies for all students while recognizing that each student is unique.
Written, developed, designed, and presented to teachers and school leaders for immediate application, this handbook provides:
- General frameworks for thinking about motivation
- Hundreds of strategies from middle and high school educators who have succeeded in motivating students to learn
- A deeper understanding of the needs of students as those needs relate to students' motivational levels
Increasing Student Motivation fills an important niche in professional educational literature and will prove to be an invaluable resource for all educators who work with students and are concerned about how to help them maximize their potential.
Contents
Foreword by John A. Pohl
Foreword by John A. Pohl
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
Introduction
1. Motivation Is a Mindset
- Each Student Learns
- Mistakes Aid Learning
- Positive Feedback Is Necessary
- Self-Concept Affects the Mindset
- Summary
2. Motivation Is Influenced Through Observation
- Project Intensity and Enthusiasm
- Model Self-Confidence
- Summary
3. Motivation Is Affected by Timing
- Timing of Needs Varies
- Needs Drive Objectives
- Summary
4. Motivation Is Independence
- Teach Goal Setting
- Encourage Performance Appraisal
- Provide for Self-Reinforcement
- Role-Play With Optional Actions
- Summary
5. Motivation Is Reflected in Victory
- Process Leads to Success
- Success Comes From Finished Products
- Summary
6. Motivation Involves Action
- Opportunities for Active Learning
- Situations for Hands-on Activities
- Summary
7. Motivation Is Increased Through Transfer
- Relate New to Old Learning
- Adapt Tasks to Student Interests
- Clarify the Abstract
- Summary
8. Motivation Is Inherent to Individuality
- Recognize Weaknesses and Strengths
- Relate Cognitive Experiences to Abilities
- Demonstrate Talents and Skills
- Express One’s Differences From Others
- Summary
9. Motivation Is Rooted in Ownership
- Teach Responsibility
- Involve Students in Decisions
- Summary
10. Motivation Is Natural
- Challenge Students
- Encourage Student Expression
- Acknowledge Student Views
- Summary
Resource A: Strategies and Learning Styles
Resource A: Strategies and Learning Styles
Resource B: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Cognitive
Resource B: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Cognitive
Resource C: Positive Word List
Resource C: Positive Word List
Resource D: Example, Student Goals
Resource D: Example, Student Goals
Resource E: Example, Student Lesson Plan
Resource E: Example, Student Lesson Plan
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Spark students' motivation to learn and succeed beyond the formal years of schooling!
Every student enrolled in school can learn; however, the capacity for learning varies among students. As a result of a two-decade-long interest, author Margaret A. Theobald provides teachers with ideas and insights that can help support and motivate middle and high school students to do their best work. This unique book, which defines motivation, contains basic theories and a wealth of useful practical procedures. Easy to pick up, its simple approach and format will help school leaders apply and modify motivational strategies for all students while recognizing that each student is unique.
Written, developed, designed, and presented to teachers and school leaders for immediate application, this handbook provides:
- General frameworks for thinking about motivation
- Hundreds of strategies from middle and high school educators who have succeeded in motivating students to learn
- A deeper understanding of the needs of students as those needs relate to students' motivational levels
Increasing Student Motivation fills an important niche in professional educational literature and will prove to be an invaluable resource for all educators who work with students and are concerned about how to help them maximize their potential.
Contents
Foreword by John A. Pohl
Foreword by John A. Pohl
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
Introduction
1. Motivation Is a Mindset
- Each Student Learns
- Mistakes Aid Learning
- Positive Feedback Is Necessary
- Self-Concept Affects the Mindset
- Summary
2. Motivation Is Influenced Through Observation
- Project Intensity and Enthusiasm
- Model Self-Confidence
- Summary
3. Motivation Is Affected by Timing
- Timing of Needs Varies
- Needs Drive Objectives
- Summary
4. Motivation Is Independence
- Teach Goal Setting
- Encourage Performance Appraisal
- Provide for Self-Reinforcement
- Role-Play With Optional Actions
- Summary
5. Motivation Is Reflected in Victory
- Process Leads to Success
- Success Comes From Finished Products
- Summary
6. Motivation Involves Action
- Opportunities for Active Learning
- Situations for Hands-on Activities
- Summary
7. Motivation Is Increased Through Transfer
- Relate New to Old Learning
- Adapt Tasks to Student Interests
- Clarify the Abstract
- Summary
8. Motivation Is Inherent to Individuality
- Recognize Weaknesses and Strengths
- Relate Cognitive Experiences to Abilities
- Demonstrate Talents and Skills
- Express One’s Differences From Others
- Summary
9. Motivation Is Rooted in Ownership
- Teach Responsibility
- Involve Students in Decisions
- Summary
10. Motivation Is Natural
- Challenge Students
- Encourage Student Expression
- Acknowledge Student Views
- Summary
Resource A: Strategies and Learning Styles
Resource A: Strategies and Learning Styles
Resource B: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Cognitive
Resource B: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Cognitive
Resource C: Positive Word List
Resource C: Positive Word List
Resource D: Example, Student Goals
Resource D: Example, Student Goals
Resource E: Example, Student Lesson Plan
Resource E: Example, Student Lesson Plan
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
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Increasing Student Motivation
Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers
September 2005 | 160 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412906234 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483351582 | $35.00 |
Spark students' motivation to learn and succeed beyond the formal years of schooling!
Every student enrolled in school can learn; however, the capacity for learning varies among students. As a result of a two-decade-long interest, author Margaret A. Theobald provides teachers with ideas and insights that can help support and motivate middle and high school students to do their best work. This unique book, which defines motivation, contains basic theories and a wealth of useful practical procedures. Easy to pick up, its simple approach and format will help school leaders apply and modify motivational strategies for all students while recognizing that each student is unique.
Written, developed, designed, and presented to teachers and school leaders for immediate application, this handbook provides:
- General frameworks for thinking about motivation
- Hundreds of strategies from middle and high school educators who have succeeded in motivating students to learn
- A deeper understanding of the needs of students as those needs relate to students' motivational levels
Increasing Student Motivation fills an important niche in professional educational literature and will prove to be an invaluable resource for all educators who work with students and are concerned about how to help them maximize their potential.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword by John A. Pohl
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1. Motivation Is a Mindset
- Each Student Learns
- Mistakes Aid Learning
- Positive Feedback Is Necessary
- Self-Concept Affects the Mindset
- Summary
- 2. Motivation Is Influenced Through Observation
- Project Intensity and Enthusiasm
- Model Self-Confidence
- Summary
- 3. Motivation Is Affected by Timing
- Timing of Needs Varies
- Needs Drive Objectives
- Summary
- 4. Motivation Is Independence
- Teach Goal Setting
- Encourage Performance Appraisal
- Provide for Self-Reinforcement
- Role-Play With Optional Actions
- Summary
- 5. Motivation Is Reflected in Victory
- Process Leads to Success
- Success Comes From Finished Products
- Summary
- 6. Motivation Involves Action
- Opportunities for Active Learning
- Situations for Hands-on Activities
- Summary
- 7. Motivation Is Increased Through Transfer
- Relate New to Old Learning
- Adapt Tasks to Student Interests
- Clarify the Abstract
- Summary
- 8. Motivation Is Inherent to Individuality
- Recognize Weaknesses and Strengths
- Relate Cognitive Experiences to Abilities
- Demonstrate Talents and Skills
- Express One’s Differences From Others
- Summary
- 9. Motivation Is Rooted in Ownership
- Teach Responsibility
- Involve Students in Decisions
- Summary
- 10. Motivation Is Natural
- Challenge Students
- Encourage Student Expression
- Acknowledge Student Views
- Summary
- Resource A: Strategies and Learning Styles
- Resource B: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Cognitive
- Resource C: Positive Word List
- Resource D: Example, Student Goals
- Resource E: Example, Student Lesson Plan
- References
- Index