Student motivation is complex and dynamic, so there are many factors that affect it. These include things that are internal to the student (e.g., their beliefs, emotions, achievement history), ...

Like most teachers, Dani Boepple devotes a lot of mental energy to devising ways to motivate and engage her students. Motivation is a key part of learning ...

Teaching STEM subjects can be difficult, because many students lack confidence and motivation to tackle those courses and the academic rigor they require. Nearly half of teachers say they’ve asked ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

When an exam is coming up, many students focus on memorizing vocab and skimming textbooks even if that isn't the best way to ...

Five years post-pandemic, students are finding that the impact on their effort and motivation remains significant. Between ...

If it seems as though college students aren’t as motivated to learn as they used to be, you’re not imagining things. According to a recent report from Wiley, students report they’re “struggling to ...

A March survey by TimelyCare found 59 percent of college students measure their success in college by their grade point average. To help students succeed in meeting their goal grades, faculty at the ...

Aviation is an interdisciplinary subject that has influenced human development over the last century. Learning about aviation exposes students to principles of flight, language, earth science, ...

Irma Lopez always recalls having had a good experience with her teachers in school, which led to her being inspired by a teacher to pursue a career in engineering. She graduated from college with a ...

One theory contrasts implicit and explicit motivation. When we are implicitly motivated, we learn because we find the subject fascinating, because we want to achieve mastery of the subject or because ...