Student Motivation Websites
25 Ideas to Motivate Students
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson035.shtml
50 Tips on Motivating Students
http://www.campbell.k12.ky.us/programs/ktln/50motiv.html
Education World: “How Can Teacher’s Develop Students’ Motivation
and Success?”
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr197.shtml
An article/interview with psychologist Carol S. Dweck that answers many of teachers’ questions
and concerns about the performance of their students
Increasing Student Motivation and Engagement
http://www.nwrel.org/request/oct00/textonly.html#motivate
Explains two types of student motivation and how to use them to increase student
engagement. Provides examples from several classrooms describing what this motivation
looks like.
Some Ideas for Motivating Students
http://www.virtualsalt.com/motivate.htm
Ideas for both in and out of the classroom
Tips for Motivating Children to Read
http://mn.essortment.com/motivatingchild_onc.htm
Tools For Teaching: “Motivating Students”
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html
An online chapter of a book that gives strategies and tips for motivation
What Do Students Want, and What Really Motivates Them?
http://www.middleweb.com/StdntMotv.html
An article that answers this question, focused primarily on middle school students