What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Motivation

By Donna Walker Tileston

Book Overview

The innovative guide for classroom teachers who want to use brain-friendly strategies to motivate, challenge, and reward their students.

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation affect student attitudes and perceptions about learning and achievement. Tileston′s distinctive approach covers:

The roots of motivation: cognitive, metacognitive, and the self-system Motivating students to begin a lesson or task: using novelty, attention, climate, attitude, perception, importance, efficacy, and more Motivating students to finish a task On-task and off-task behaviors A model for developing motivation in the classroom A model for facilitating motivation Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076193118X
• ISBN13: 9780761931188
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"