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Tavares, Liliana – Forum, 1998
Discusses eight suggestions that teachers can use for enhancing their students' interest in homework. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Homework, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Study Habits
Peer reviewedOtto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1985
Reviews some of the existing data on the effects of homework on learning. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Homework
Peer reviewedFantine, Stephen G. – English Journal, 1987
Describes how one 71-year-old Chinese student learning English as a second language succeeded by following the ethic "must study hard--work hard." Commends this approach and claims that age should not deter one's enthusiasm for learning. (JD)
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedCarver, David – System, 1984
Discusses the concept of learner strategy in relation to language learning. Proposes that these strategies can be subdivided into four categories: strategies for coping with target language rules, strategies for receiving performance, strategies for producing performance, and strategies for organizing learning. Stresses the encouragement of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedSpaunhorst, Stacie – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1997
A gifted high school student recounts her childhood as a gifted child whose successes came too easily and without challenge, resulting in the development of poor work habits, low grades, and underachievement. She urges educators to stress personal excellence, help students overcome their fears of both study and possible failure, and foster a love…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Individual Development
Buckholz, Richard; And Others – VocEd, 1982
In this series of six articles, authors discuss motivating students through praise, using questioning as a teaching method, teaching lazy learners by making them find their own answers, tips on testing, improving reading and study habits, and teaching job-related English to refugees. (JOW)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Questioning Techniques, Reading Habits, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedCarranza, Carmy – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Describes a survey on student motivation and presents developmental education students' responses describing their strategies for academic success. Addresses the importance of combining effort with effective study strategies, planning, finding a quiet space, being persistent, and preparing for class. (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Planning
Download full textPowell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1982
Five articles on higher education in Australia and New Zealand are presented, along with two review articles. "Australian Higher Education Research and Society. Part I: Post-War Reconstruction and Expansion, 1940-1965" (D. S. Anderson and E. Eton) is a review of research on higher education in Australia and New Zealand since World War…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Students
Tomlinson, Tommy – 1992
This document sketches topics considered by a 1990 conference on student motivation sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education. Educational reforms of the past decade have not produced higher test scores for American students. Rather, American students score lower and study less than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities
