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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. 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!

More Highlights

Sometimes I just get all scribbly: Motivating the Child with Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD)

Often, there's a mismatch between the skills and abilities required to succeed in a classroom and the deficits and weaknesses inherent in ADD. Rick Lavoie, a national expert on children with LD and ADD, offers specific teaching strategies that may foster a child's motivation in the classroom.

Teacher Appreciation Week Resources

Teachers may not always see the impact of their work on kids and families, but the testimonies we received from parents, teachers, and students themselves are proof that good teaching empowers students to learn and develop character. Read these notes for inspiration — then send an e-card to a teacher who has made a difference in your life.

Contributions From You

The Orange Lover

Today's Artist

The Orange Lover, by Jennifer, age 12

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Today's First Person Essay

A Letter to My Grandmother by Dale S. Brown

This letter was written when I was in fourth grade. I was a learning-disabled child. This story began as a letter to my grandparents, written when I was 11.

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