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“Nobody stays in school because of Algebra 2.

This educator s chance remark captures an essential truth: what keeps students in school or fails to is rarely the content that they are taught. Only when students feel engaged both socially and academically can schools and teachers lay the groundwork to motivate achievement. This volume, the fifth in the Harvard Education Letter Spotlight series, brings together fifteen seminal articles that examine research and… More >>
Spotlight on Student Engagement, Motivation, and Achievement

Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help prospective and practicing teachers achieve these goals. Its premise is that current research and theory about motivation offer hope and possibilities for educators —teachers, parents, coaches, and administrators—to enhance motivation for achievement. The orientati… More >>

Motivation for Achievement: Possibilities for Teaching and Learning