Teachers need to encourage wonder, curiosity, and speculation in their students, and in themselves, because these emotions form the wellspring of science and discovery. By limiting their curriculum to the known world and proven facts, teachers may stifle their students' curiosity about the unknown. (MDM)

Teachers and teacher educators seem to be little aware of some major concepts about instruction that provide important insights into the central requirements for learning. A common misconception is that motivation has to do with wanting or desiring. It is instead attention to stimuli that is influenced by two powerful agents--(1) suspense,…