Marafiote, T. (2025) Motivation in Contemporary Education Practice: A Critical Review and Research Proposal. Psychology, 16, ...

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it." —Dwight D. Eisenhower In an era where remote work and education are becoming the norm, ...

Teachers who create warm and accepting yet business-like atmospheres will promote persistent effort and favorable attitudes toward learning. This strategy will be successful in children and in adults.

Motivation is often thought to be a fixed, inborn personality trait whose presence or absence helps explain why some students succeed while others fail to graduate. Recent research, including papers ...

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Basic principles of motivation exist that are applicable to learning in any education situation. 1. The environment can be used to focus the student’s attention on what needs to be learned. Teachers ...

Education writing is famous for its alphabet soup of acronyms and obscure terms, but it could just as well be faulted for trafficking buzzwords in search of clear definitions. Ideas like grit, ...

OLATHE, Kan. — It's back-to-school time, and two longtime educators within the Olathe School District say their students are the reason they head back to the classroom year after year. "I love that I ...