Student Motivation Websites

20 Tips on Motivating Students
http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/instructional/motivate.shtml

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

Finding the Spark: More Tips for Building Student Motivation
http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/interventions/genAcademic/spark.shtml
A list of tips and ideas for motivating

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.

Is My Classroom Motivating to Students?
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/curriculum/motivating.html
Questions teachers should ask themselves about the effectiveness of their teaching

Setting Reading Goals
http://www.teacherleaders.org/misc/cindy/Reading_Goals.doc
Worksheets for students to set personal reading goals

Some Ideas for Motivating Students
http://www.virtualsalt.com/motivate.htm
Ideas for both in and out of the classroom

Student Motivation Outline
http://tiger.towson.edu/~rhaine2/studentmotivation.htm
A basic outline that explains the basic concepts of motivation

Tips for Motivating Children to Read
http://mn.essortment.com/motivatingchild_onc.htm

Tips to Motivate Student Learning
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/curriculum/motivation.html
A list of helpful tips for teachers

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

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