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Download full textTuckman, Bruce W. – 1996
This report compares two approaches to incentive motivation in 82 college juniors and seniors, average age 21 years. One method uses will as a motivator; the other method focuses on skill or effective strategy use for enhancing recall and understanding of a particular body of information. In the first approach, a semiweekly test or spotquiz was…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Incentives
Learning, 1995
A tear-out folder for teachers creates a working reference file on student motivation. The file includes a glossary and explanations of what holds students' attention, how to motivate students, and how to evaluate the classroom environment to determine how the teacher's words and the classroom atmosphere affect student motivation. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Incentives
Rubadeau, Duane O.; And Others – 1984
Designed to provide community college instructors with an understanding of how to improve the motivational level of their students, this four-part guidebook reviews theoretical concepts and offers practical advice concerning student motivation and frustration. Section I provides an overview of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Meier, John H. – 1994
This booklet is intended to help teachers, aides, and parents of preschool-age children to establish desirable behaviors and eliminate inappropriate behaviors in their children. Following a list of definitions, the booklet discusses how to discriminate between different types of behavior and how to choose the appropriate level of response. Major…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Wiseman, Dennis G.; Hunt, Gilbert H. – 2001
This book is designed to help teachers become more knowledgeable, skilled, and effective in their work, explaining the importance of understanding students' interests, learning styles, and backgrounds in order to meet their unique needs and describing why having the ability to manage the learning environment, motivate students, and teach is itself…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories, Case Studies
McCombs, Barbara L.; Pope, James E. – 1994
This book explores ways that teachers can work to motivate elementary, middle, or high school students who have lost interest in learning by explaining motivation and providing suggestions for student and teacher empowerment. It opens with two case illustrations of difficult to reach students and invites the reader to offer their response. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Psychology
