Archive for February, 2010

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990).  Flow: The psychology of optimal experience.  New York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. An Annotation Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist from the university […]

Strong, R., Silver, H., Perini, M. & Tuculescu, G.  (2003)  Boredom and its opposite.  Educational Leadership.  September 24-29. An Annotation This interesting article tackles the […]

Muir, M. (2001).  What engages underachieving middle school students in learning?  Middle School Journal.  November, 37-42. An Annotation Muir did a micro study of six […]

Tileston, D.  (2004).  Motivation to begin a lesson or task.  In What Every teacher should know about motivation (pp. 19-33) Corwin Press. An Annotation This […]

An Annotation Rogers, S., Renard, L. (1999).  Relationship-driven teaching.  Educational Leadership. September, 34-37. This article describes how fulfilling students’ emotional needs fosters a more motivating […]

An Annotation Sagar R. (2002).  Lessons from skateboarders: What motivates young people to master the challenges of sports?  How can we inspire the same level […]

An Annotation Erwin, J. (2003) Giving students what they need.  Educational Leadership 61 (1) 19-23. Erwin begins this article by stressing the importance of relationships […]

An Annotation Jensen, E. (1998) Motivation and Rewards.  Teaching with the brain in mind (62-70). Alexandria, VA: ASCD Great article.  Jensen starts this chapter by […]

An Annotation Sullo, B. (2007). Where’s the evidence.  In Activating the desire to learn (pp. 5-14).  Alexandria, VA: ASCD In this chapter, Sullo contends that […]

An Annotation Sullo, B. (2007). Understanding internal motivation.  In Activating the desire to learn (pp. 5-14).  Alexandria, VA: ASCD This chapter provides a comprehensive overview […]