Motivation: The Key to Academic Success
Too many factors can lessen a student's motivation: fear of failure, lack of challenge, and lack of meaning, to name a few. But for some students, small efforts at home can have big payoffs toward supporting and motivating a struggling learner. These include building on the student's strengths, providing clear directions and feedback, and remembering to reinforce the behavior you want.
Find out other ways parents can help support their learner.
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Motivation: The Key to Academic Success
Too many factors can lessen a student's motivation: fear of failure, lack of challenge, and lack of meaning, to name a few. But for some students, small efforts at home can have big payoffs toward supporting and motivating a struggling learner. Find out ways parents can help support their learner.
Make your passions public!
That's one of the ideas for nurturing the motivation to read from Dr. Linda Gambrell, an expert on student motivation. Using research findings as her base, Gambrell and colleagues offer several recommendations to teachers and parents. Read more to find out a few simple but transformative suggestions that can cultivate the love of reading in your classroom!
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