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Chapter 9: Motivation and Student Learning



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  1. Motivating Students
    http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/tshooting/motivating.html
    This Web resource offers helpful suggestions and insights related to educators' "frequently asked questions" about student motivation.
    Textbook links: see pages 332-334.

  2. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
    http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/maslow.htm
    Read about basic human needs and the impact they have on one's educational achievement.
    Textbook links: see pages 335-336.

  3. Understanding the Keys to Motivation to Learn
    http://www.mcrel.org/resources/noteworthy/barbaram.asp
    This article explores several key factors that affect student motivation to learn, including student interest levels in the topic(s), locus of control, and social support structures.
    Textbook links: see pages 345-351.

  4. Motivating Students to Use Learning Technology
    http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/implementing-it/motif.htm
    Learn a wide range of strategies for motivating students to utilize learning technologies in the classroom. Site includes suggestions for how to create experiences with technology that are appropriate, relevant, interactive, and supportive of student leadership and ownership of learning.
    Textbook links: see pages 361-363.

  5. Student Motivation to Learn
    http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Student_Motivatation.html
    This resource offers valuable information about intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, how to foster students' motivation to learn, and how to engage unmotivated students.
    Textbook links: see pages 363-366.




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