Research shows that student motivation improves engagement and grades. If you want your students to be motivated and inspired, you have to:
- Show students that you care about who they are as people and not only as students. Allow time for general conversation about their lives.
- Find out what interests your students have and try to incorporate these interests in the content area you are teaching.
- Give students opportunities to share their work. Students and all people love to share what they have done.
- Technology is critical. Try to find ways to include technology tools you have access to (internet, video camera...).
- Students love to socialize. Give students the opportunities to complete work in controlled groups.
Repeat Step One as much as possible. It is so important that students know that you care. Have them share how their day is going or how they did on the last test. Let them know you care!
Motivation is most important for student success. Unmotivated students rarely succeed...students need to be interested in what they are learning and attack it with a passion...not post their questions on a message board and wait for people to do their work for them..
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