…help overcome this barrier, I recommend the “motivation step,” a brief, introductory discussion designed to articulate why the material is significant to a student’s real-world success. In the academic community,…
…secondary level. Her academic research primarily focuses on retention strategies, multimedia, and social media implementation in the online classroom. She is also a freelance fiction writer. References Akers, Richards, John…
…students—especially first year students transitioning to college, first generation college students, and minority students—has been shown to increase retention, student satisfaction, engagement, a sense of belonging, and overall academic performance…
…activities. Goals motivate and direct students. And students aren’t motivated solely by academic goals, like those related to mastery (comprehension of content) and performance (grades). Pintrich notes that research on…
…first are typically not well done. Students write scripts that sound like academic papers and produce podcasts that are aurally flat. Those initial experiences allow us to talk in more…
…and Gender, which was a condensed Saturday session course that I led each semester for three years. During my first semester teaching this course, I used more traditional academic texts….
…why some companies never give in. NY: HarperCollins. Hardiman, M. (2012). The brain-targeted teaching model. CA: Corwin. Wentzel, K. & Wigfield, A. (1998) Academic and social motivational influences on student’s…
…other professors; the academic world is not a place where most students hang out. Professors who rely on their academic wit may lose students in their attempts at humor. Jokes…
