Post Tagged with: "motivation"

Bonwell, C.C. & Eison, J.A.   (1991)  Active learning: creating excitement in the classroom.  ERIC Digest.  Retrieved June 16, 2008 from ProQuest database. An Annotation By […]

Brown, N.E. and K. Bussert.  (2007, May).  Information literacy 2.0: empowering students through personal engagement.  (Retrieved     from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED […]

Goldman, D. (1995).  Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ.  New York, NY: Bantam. An Annotation Another outstanding book explaining the power of […]

Having explored the scientific research of the last 40 years, Dan Pink has deeply examined what really motivates people. What he’s found is that there is a mismatch between what social scientists know and what business (and education) does. This is a fascinating TED talk that relates some surprising (yet deeply intuitive) facts about intrinsic versus extrinsic motivators.

This is a must for teachers, leaders and builders of in all career fields.

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 […]