[Motivating Students to Learn] [Author: Wentzel, Kathryn R.] [February, 2014]

by Jere Brophy

Written specifically for teachers, "Motivating Students to Learn" offers a wealth of research-based principles on the subject of student motivation for use by classroom teachers. Now in its fourth edition, this book discusses specific classroom strategies by tying these principles to the realities of contemporary schools, curriculum goals, and classroom dynamics. The authors lay out effective extrinsic and intrinsic strategies to guide teachers in their day-to-day practice, provide guidelines for adapting to group and individual differences, and discuss ways to reach students who have become discouraged or disaffected learners.This edition features new material on the roles that classroom goal setting, developing students interest, and teacher-student and peer relationships play in student motivation. It has been reorganized to address six key questions that combine to explain why students may or may not be motivated to learn. By focusing more closely on the teacher as the motivator, this text presents a wide range of motivational methods to help students see value in the curriculum and lessons taught in the classroom.

Genres: Teaching, Education, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

Reviews

[Penny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice intro to all the motivation research, written as a guide for teachers or as a get-up-to-speed-quickly reference for academics.

[Edy · Rating 3 out of 5]

How to motivate students? That is an age-old question. Brophy tackles that problem in this book. Without motivation, students simply won't learn. Interesting read.

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[Kina Stefka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for a Master's Class. I will keep it cooler reference.

[Constant Raving · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need to reread this. I constantly am stuck at motivating my students.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the initial chapters there was an illuminative overview of the psychological concepts behind motivation. However the latter half of the book was unnecessary and more of recapitulation of the previously discussed points.

[cali · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need to reread this. I constantly am stuck at motivating my students.