When an exam is coming up, many students focus on memorizing vocab and skimming textbooks even if that isn't the best way to ...

One of the responsibilities of this blog is to troll for interesting or useful research articles about student motivation. This morning, I found one while trolling on the American Educational Research ...

While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.

Motivation is a limited resource, but there are a lot of things you can do to increase it. Kansas mayor hit with criminal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. It’s unsurprising that many students are perceived as unmotivated ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Students can sometimes lose motivation heading into final exams, and the answer as to why may lie ...

The authors examined how different reading and language arts assignments influenced 3rd-grade students' motivational goals, strategy use, and achievement affect, that is, anxiety and self-concept.