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Whaley, Charles R.; Yacinda, Deborah – Reading Horizons, 1986
Offers strategies for increasing learning motivation in elementary school students that are borrowed from marketing techniques used by grocery stores including tie-ins, holiday or theme specials, shelving rules, and personalized attention. (SRT)
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Educational Strategies
White-McNulty, Lisa; Patrikakou, Evanthia N.; Weissberg, Roger P. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2005
Educators and parents share a common goal: helping children and youth become successful in school and life. The basic principles of social and emotional learning serve as the underlying principles of motivation. Motivation is what stimulates and focuses actions. It is an internal state that can be thought of as "reasons for doing". Needs,…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Emotional Development, Student Motivation, Parent Child Relationship
Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda G. – 2002
This chapter examines how adolescents' self-concept beliefs are powerfully influenced by frame of reference effects, which involve students comparisons of their ability levels with those of other students in the immediate context as well as assessments of their own ability and academic accomplishments. Noting that academic self-concept is…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents
Katz, Lilian G. – 1999
This paper discusses current perspectives on the education of young children in terms of five interrelated issues rooted in a developmental perspective: (1) the complexities of predicting the long-term developmental outcomes of early experience; (2) how to interpret gender differences in the long-term effects of different approaches to early years…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Style, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. – 1999
The goal of this book is to increase the usefulness and relevance of research to educational practice, particularly in the area of improving student learning. It proposes and describes an experiment: the establishment of a Strategic Education Research Program (SERP). The SERP plan calls for a large-scale and sharply defined program of research,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Alderton, Jane – 1999
The midcareeer learning of 120 professionals in 12 contrasting business, engineering, and health care organizations was examined to identify factors facilitating workplace learning. Individuals were interviewed regarding their current work and ways they acquired the necessary know-how and knowledge for their jobs and improved or extended their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Allied Health Occupations
McCallum, Myra E. – 1999
This document presents an action plan to solve the problem of inadequate English-as-a-Second/Other-Language (ESOL) instruction in high school content area courses and to increase effort and motivation among ESOL students. ESOL students often do not have sufficient command of English to do very well in content-oriented courses (such as history,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), High School Students
Kang, Dong-Ho – 2000
This paper is an in-depth investigation of classroom language learning motivation in a Korean high school. Understanding the source of motivation and development of motivation is very important for educational and pedagogical purposes. This study surveyed 192 Korean high school students' orientations for learning English to discover what kinds of…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Hawkins, Vincent J. – Education, 1983
A balanced triad among students, teachers, and curriculum, with each consisting of three equally supportive components, is shown to be the most important foundation for learning. Teacher components are self-esteem, superiors, autonomy; student components are peers, parents, motivation; curriculum components are design, materials, pedagogy. (MH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
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Davidson, Shonnie – Education, 1983
Standard teaching methods do not work in teaching severely handicapped children. The teacher of the "specially handicapped" needs dedication, an undying "creative urge" to make a difference in a human life, personal insight, and sensitivity to an as yet unknown dimension of the human spirit. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Learning Activities
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Ebel, Robert L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
Giving tests and assigning grades are stated to be important aspects of teachers' responsibility for facilitating student learning. Opposition to testing is discussed, objections are criticized, and beneficial consequences of evaluation are listed. It is maintained that tests do not cause cheating, or excessive discouragement, competition, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Cheating
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Spiegel, David A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
A study of student attitudes toward learning and their responses to instructional variables during clinical teaching suggests that a student's motivation to learn can be significantly enhanced by attention to the context in which instruction occurs. The encouragement of the learning process rather than the transmission of knowledge is advocated.…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Learning Motivation
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Maitra, S. N. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
Presents recommendations from a January 1979 seminar held in Bengal, India, of representatives from different voluntary agencies associated with the national adult education program. Three groups discussed program components (literacy, awareness, and functionality), integrating development with adult education, voluntary agencies and government…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Role, Community Development
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Kinzie, Mable B. – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1990
Examines the components of learner control, self-regulation, and the continuing motivation to learn as possible requirements and benefits of effective interactive instruction. Research literature is reviewed that addresses the interdependence of these three components, and suggestions are made for future research. (76 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
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Wolverton, Vance D. – Music Educators Journal, 1989
Describes ways in which choral directors may help performers understand and interpret the affective aspects of music. Offers suggestions for analyzing music scores and for teaching students about a composition's background and emotional message. (LS)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Choral Music, Higher Education
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