Fifty creative ways to motivate and reward students are described. Rewards are included for academic performance, good behavior, homework, and hard work. (IAH)

For many years educational experts have extolled the benefits of a positive student-teacher relationship. Personal connections between teachers and students can be the key motivator in student interest and achievement in school. Yet teachers have little knowledge about how to establish the relationships that can instill in their students a desire…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the domain specificity of multidimensional motivation and engagement (adaptive cognitions, adaptive behaviors, impeding/maladaptive cognitions, maladaptive behaviors) in mathematics, English and science high school subjects, with an additional focus on three key educational correlates (educational…

Activities to enhance reading with listening, thinking, writing, and fun are suggested. Topics include celebrate Reading Week, superbowl reading, book buddies, biography binge, laughing and learning, oral reading, reading sweepstakes, idea lists, fairy tale showdown, and parent reading tips. (MT)

A program of the Salt Lake City School District and the University of Utah, Operation C.H.A.M.P. (Children's Health and Movement Program), was designed to motivate elementary school children to do their best in physical education and fitness testing. The program is described. (MT)

Teachers should design individual project ideas to provide creative motivations for creatively gifted students in regular school classrooms. Examples of project ideas are cited in three case studies. (CL)

Reports on a study of student motivation and its relationship to performance. The findings were not definitive but do point to a relationship between motivation and achievement.(MD)

Instructors must be steadfast in their intent to alter conventional transmission models of instruction and to embed reading and writing fully in subject area learning so that avid reading and writing become a natural part of all classroom activity. One instructional model offering engagement of students with material is the constructivist…

Discusses seven sources for students to discover topics that are conducive to writing. The sources include the library browsing table, the mass media, a mock argument, and vague auditory or visual stimuli. (HTH)

The "observation and reporting" and the "mass referee" approaches are both helpful devices in motivating chronically unprepared students. (LH)

Describes how to motivate students by helping them publish their own writing or find commercial firms to publish it for them. (DD)

Suggests ways to motivate students to write poetry, and illustrates them with samples of student poems. (DD)

Article described how a piece of appropriate music can change a group's mood thereby creating a better environment for learning. (Author/RK)

Article described how an art teacher interested students in utilizing antique glass insulators into a macrame unit. (RK)

Offered as a method of motivating students, "Articon" is described as an educational game appropriate for use in a variety of industrial arts laboratories and grade levels. Development of the game, gaming activity, and the instructor's role are discussed. (TA)