What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Motivation (eBook)

Donna E. Walker Tileston (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010 | 2., Second Edition
136 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4522-7141-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Teachers often can get frustrated when they think their students don't care. This book gives teachers a way to take ownership of the situation rather than blame students."e;-Lyneille Meza, Coordinator of Data and AssessmentDenton ISD, Denton, TX"e;This resource addresses the central issue in classrooms today and is full of exciting and applicable information on how to motivate today's learners."e;-Gary L. Willhite, Teacher Educator/Associate ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin, La CrossePowerful brain-friendly strategies for motivating, challenging, and celebrating your students!This second edition of Donna Walker Tileston's bestseller is filled with innovative practices for motivating even the most at-risk and reluctant K-12 students. Informed by current research on the plasticity of the brain and new insights on the relationship between culture and student motivation, the book features an extended classroom example of motivational techniques in action and vocabulary pre- and post-tests for teachers and details how: Technology influences the brain and motivation Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are related to celebrations and rewards Specific strategies can motivate students to begin and finish a taskTeachers can foster students' positive self talk and on-task behaviors

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Vocabulary Pretest
1. What Is Motivation and Why Does It Matter So Much?
What Is Motivation?
Build Intrinsic Motivation
What Is Extrinsic Motivation?
The Difference Between Rewards and Celebrations
2. What Are the Roots of Motivation?
Understanding the Mental Processes
The Self-System
The Metacognitive System
The Cognitive System
3. Motivation to Begin a Lesson or Task
Getting the Brain's Attention
The Role of Self-Attributes
The Role of the Self and Others
The Role of the Student's Perception of the Nature of the World
How Climate Affects Motivation
The Relationship Between Importance and Motivation
Why Is Efficacy Important to Motivation?
4. How Do We Encourage Students to Finish the Task?
Activiating the Metacognitive System
What About Minor Off-Task Behavior?
5. A Model for Developing Motivation in the Classroom
Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of the Learning
Learning States and Discipline Problems
What Ms. Walker Did to Reach Diverse Learners
6. A Model for Facilitating Motivation
A Model for Turning on the Motivation Within
Vocabulary Summary
Student at Risk
Celebrations
Climate
Contextualization
Extrinsic Motivation
Vocabulary Posttest
Vocabulary Pretest and Posttest Answer Key
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2010
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: At-Risk Learners • brain • Brain Based • Brain Compatible • brain friendly • Reluctant learner • Student Engagement
• ISBN-10: 1-4522-7141-0 / 1452271410
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-7141-5 / 9781452271415