Chasing what matters
As a student, I was highly motivated to do well because doing well meant good grades. And as a...
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Tag: February 2024
Motivating adolescents to read
The more high school students read, the better they perform academically, but encouraging...
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‘Why do I have to learn this?’
Students want to know the relevance of what they learn at school. Educators can help them...
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Teaching historical reasoning helps democracy thrive
Beneath the current turmoil over book bans, Advanced Placement history courses, and teaching about...
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Screech owls, Super Soakers, and school gardens
Project-based learning can promote and foster students’ literacy motivation and engagement. Leon,...
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How teachers and ed tech can help each other
In the 1990s, computer access was a reward for students. I remember the glee of playing Number...
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A crisis of mattering
A conversation with Angela Maiers Before she was a keynote speaker, viral Ted-Talker, lecturer,...
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Article recommendation: Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
“Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective” By Richard M....
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Book Recommendation: Preparing Teachers for a Changing World
Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do Edited by...
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Helping students to learn and grow
When teachers promote learning and mastery over grades and test scores, student engagement and...
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Key lessons from research about project-based teaching and learning
High-quality materials, professional learning supports, and a schoolwide PBL culture are markers...
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What keeps students motivated?
We asked our Educators Rising students to tell us what keeps them motivated in school and what...
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