The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in New Zealand schools closing and teaching occurring through digital media. This article reports research which applied Kearney et al.'s framework as a lens to examine student experience of digital learning at home during COVID-19. This framework provides three characteristics that influence learners' experience…

This chapter is a case study of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Pathways [TM] program. The goal of the Statway [Registered Trademark] and Quantway [Registered Trademark] pathways is to improve the success rate of community college students who place into developmental mathematics. What makes these programs unique is…

Identifies reasons why certain students lack motivation and suggests ways principals can help motivate them, such as encouraging teachers to relate their instruction to the students' interests. (PKP)

Advocates use of information gained from principal conferences with students to improve school's level of academic achievement. (PKP)

Recommends six strategies to motivate underachieving students to perform better in reading and mathematics, including, for example, being honest with students about their current level of performance and expecting them to be responsible for their own progress. Discusses positive results of these strategies at Colorado's Finest Alternative High…

The author suggests methods that teachers can use to motivate students. These include (1) knowing the students, (2) identify need for learning the topic, (3) using a problem-solving approach, and (4) using competition. (CH)

Describes the cognitive characteristics and procedural "forms" associated with common school learning tasks. Illustrates how variations in these can affect student motivation and learning. Concludes that simple task content and unvaried procedures tend to result in limited thinkers and alienated workers. (JDH)

Touts the benefits of field trips, noting that exposing students to new environments increases the amount they learn. Places such as zoos, aquariums, and museums are appropriate contexts for topics being studied, increasing the likelihood of learning. Advance preparation for the trip is crucial, and how the trip is designed is critical to what…

Identifies several impediments to achieving reading literacy for many in-city high school students in California, including lack of interest and motivation, inappropriate resources and absence of support, and insufficient reading experiences and background knowledge. Recommends ways to remove these barriers through the use of strategic reading and…

Examines the lives of Asian American youth in the U.S. in terms of background, stereotypes, and future aspirations. Points out these youth are setting the educational pace by simply working harder to achieve. Concludes by emphasizing that these "whiz kids" are not a threat to society, but a challenge. (BR)

The author briefly demonstrates how poetry and other literary genres may be used to introduce students to logical discourse and reasoning methods, including how to construct syllogisms and the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning. (JL)

Defines self-efficacy as personal judgments of performance capabilities in a given domain of activity and discusses the role of self-efficacy during classroom learning of cognitive skills. Research findings are presented showing how different educational practices affect self-efficacy. (NRB)

Presents a student development theory based on student involvement, which refers to the quantity and quality of the physical and psychological energy students invest in their college experience. Discusses implications for practice and research. (JAC)

Based on the emotions and responsibilities, this paper proposes a model that identifies three levels of motivation (3LOM) in instruction. It states that motivation can be addressed at three different levels: inclusion, entertainment and edification. It looks at motivation from the angle of social interaction. The focus of the model is to describe…

Adults who work with challenging youth sometimes feel that they have little impact on these young people's lives. However, the power of a caring adult to influence lives can sometimes be greater than that of family or peers. Includes student reports about adults whose specific actions had lasting positive (or negative) effects on them. (Author/GCP)