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Chauncey, Caroline T., Ed.; Walser, Nancy, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
Only when students feel engaged both socially and academically can schools and teachers lay the groundwork to motivate achievement. This volume, the fifth in the "Harvard Education Letter" Spotlight series, brings together fifteen seminal articles that examine research and practice on these complex and interrelated issues. Contributors include:…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation
Lesgold, Alan M., Ed.; Welch-Ross, Melissa, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
More than an estimated 90 million adults in the United States lack the literacy skills needed for fully productive and secure lives. The effects of this shortfall are many: Adults with low literacy have lower rates of participation in the labor force and lower earnings when they do have jobs, for example. They are less able to understand and use…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Expertise, Labor Force
Zimmerman, Barry J., Ed.; Schunk, Dale H., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Self-regulated learning (or self-regulation) refers to the process whereby learners personally activate and sustain cognitions, affects, and behaviours that are systematically oriented toward the attainment of learning goals. This is the first volume to integrate into a single volume all aspects of the field of self-regulation of learning and…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Processes, Learner Controlled Instruction, Goal Orientation
Davis, Jessica Hoffmann – Teachers College Press, 2010
This is the remarkable story of the Hoffmann School for Individual Attention, where the principal believed in a diverse, challenging, and challenged group of students--with extraordinary results. With a definition of gifted that included all children, Ann Hoffmann embraced students that other schools had failed, and she helped them not just to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Caring, Learning Motivation, Inclusion
Honey, Margaret A., Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2011
At a time when scientific and technological competence is vital to the nation's future, the weak performance of U.S. students in science reflects the uneven quality of current science education. Although young children come to school with innate curiosity and intuitive ideas about the world around them, science classes rarely tap this potential.…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Computer Games
Cai, Jinfa, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2017
This volume, a comprehensive survey and critical analysis of today's issues in mathematics education, distills research to build knowledge and capacity in the field. The compendium is a valuable new resource that provides the most comprehensive evidence about what is known about research in mathematics education. The 38 chapters present five…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
This volume contains a collection of selected papers submitted to the 19th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2021. The 19th BCES Conference theme is "New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World." The book includes 40 papers written by 66 authors from 15…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Global Approach
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2021, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year has been converted into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Pellegrino, James W., Ed.; Hilton, Margaret L., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today, in the face of economic, environmental, and social challenges. Today's children can meet future challenges if their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Cooperation, Ethics
Baidak, Nathalie; Borodankova, Olga; Kocanova, Daniela; Motiejunaite, Akvile – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2012
The indicators in this edition of Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe cover a number of issues at the heart of contemporary thought and discussion in Europe relating to foreign language teaching. They address the degree of linguistic diversity in European schools and the need to provide appropriate support measures to pupils…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Lamb, Terry; Murray, Garold; Gao, Xuesong – Multilingual Matters, 2011
In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in their exploration of the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning. On a conceptual level the authors explore issues related to agency, metacognition,…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Popular Culture, Distance Education, Learning Motivation
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Velliaris, Donna M., Ed.; Coleman-George, Deb, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
Millions of students seek short- and long-term study abroad options every year, and this trend is a key illustration of the internationalization of higher education. Because a global perspective has become mandatory in the largely globalized workforce, many institutions look to study abroad programs to prepare their students. This outbound…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Higher Education, Global Approach, Student Mobility
Ferlazzo, Larry – Eye on Education, 2011
Give your students the tools they need to motivate themselves with tips from award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo. A comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book presents immediately applicable steps and lesson plans for all middle and high school teachers looking to help students motivate themselves. With coverage of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Interests, Learning Motivation, Brain
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Goria, Cecilia, Ed.; Speicher, Oranna, Ed.; Stollhans, Sascha, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham hosted the fifth annual conference in the "Innovative Language Teaching at University" series. Under the heading "Enhancing participation and collaboration" the conference, organised by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, took…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Leigh, Lauraine, Ed.; Gersch, Irvine, Ed.; Dix, Ann, Ed.; Haythorne, Deborah, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools" is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
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