Teachers play a critical role in motivating students and in identifying barriers to learning. The EdWeek Research Center surveyed middle and high school teachers as well as teenage students to learn ...

Motivation is the drive or reason to do something. There are two primary types of motivation. Intrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation comes from your internal desires and the actions you take are ...

Editor’s note: This article on learning and student motivation originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. In 2020, my wife and I bought a used 2017 ...

Motivation is everywhere in education. We’re told to cultivate it, sustain it, and assess it as if learning couldn’t happen without it. It’s common to hear that students need to be supported, inspired ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Students can sometimes lose motivation heading into final exams, and the answer as to why may lie ...

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. That’s an opportunity largely reserved for children. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or ...

(This is Part Four in an ongoing series responding to specific teacher questions related to remote learning. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here.) Note: In addition to a ...

The interplay between learning, motivation and emotion forms a cornerstone of human cognition. Contemporary research illustrates that learning is not merely a cognitive process of knowledge ...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Can I really motivate my learners, or can I only create the right conditions to inspire motivation?" Let’s explore what motivation is and how we can enhance it. When ...