Motivating Your Students

Motivating Students

The website introduces what is intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, effects of motivation on learning styles. It also discusses a model of intrinsic motivation, as well as strategies for motivating students.

Capturing and Directing the Motivation to Learn

Effort is felt only where there is a conflict of interests in the mind. The idea A may be intrinsically exciting to us. The idea Z may derive its interest from association with some remoter good. A may be our sweetheart, Z may be some condition of our soul’s salvation. Under these circumstances, if we succeed in attending to Z at all it is always with an expenditure of effort.

Engaging the Millennial Learner
New research suggests that offering variety may be the best way to engage today's undergraduates.

Some Ideas for Motivating Students

With so many attractive alternatives competing for students' attention, motivating them to focus and perform is increasingly difficult. This article provides a few ideas for increasing student desire to work hard at the learning tasks they need.