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Direct linkBoaler, Jo – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2022
In "Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching" mathematics education expert and best-selling author Jo Boaler delivers a blueprint to banishing math anxiety and laying a foundation for mathematics success that anyone can build on. Perfect for students who have…
Descriptors: Creativity, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Mathematics Anxiety
Schlechty, Phillip C. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
In Phillip Schlechty's best-selling book "Working on the Work", he outlined a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of schools designed for students. "Engaging Students" offers a next-step resource in which Schlechty incorporates what he's learned from the field and from the hundreds of workshops he and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Questionnaires
Download full textHenderson, Peter; Hodgen, Jeremy; Foster, Colin; Kuchemann, Dietmar – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This guidance report focuses on the teaching of mathematics to pupils in Key Stages 2 and 3. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive guide to mathematics teaching. We have made recommendations where there are research findings that schools can use to make a significant difference to pupils' learning, and have focused on the questions that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Crandall, Penny – Learning, 1987
Fifteen ideas for rewarding and motivating students without using stickers are offered. An inset box presents seven more ideas for intermediate students. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Rewards, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1976
Developed by Oklahoma Business Education Teachers under the auspices of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, this book of ideas contains short, one-to-three-paragraph descriptions of activities and ideas to motivate students toward improved business education. The business education content areas included in this document are divided into…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Consumer Economics, Learning Activities
Levin, A. Joyce – 1974
This booklet provides activities that are intended to aid the teacher in setting a new environment for the reluctant reader. "Providing Individualized Reading Experiences for the Reluctant Reader" defines the reluctant reader, discusses organization of activities, offers suggestions for using the activities, and discusses how the…
Descriptors: Motivation, Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Dillon, Douglas E. – Learning, 1987
Gifts can link class discussions to the real world while involving children in reading, travel, or a search for information. They make children more receptive to the teacher, school in general, and ultimately to the subject. Ways to find cheap or free gifts for students are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewedFreedman, Haya – American Mathematical Monthly, 1983
A method used in teaching abstract algebra is described; it could be applied to other classes. Students play a more active part in their own education by helping to select, prepare, and present material to the class. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction
Cummins, Carrice Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2006
Administrators in the U.S. education system need to be more than good managers, they need to understand high-quality reading instruction, so they can serve their teachers and help their school meet Reading First requirements. Although written with the administrator in mind, this collection also can be used by teachers, teacher educators, staff…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Administrator Role, Leadership, Federal Legislation
South Australia Education Dept., Adelaide. – 1973
In this guide, the various factors necessary in a secondary level reading center are discussed in two sections. "Testing and Diagnosis" explores group screening tests, reading tests, student selection, diagnostic testing, the basic skills list, the Informal Reading Inventory, and posttesting. "Methods and Motivation" covers student motivation,…
Descriptors: Motivation, Program Guides, Reading Centers, Reading Diagnosis
Long, David, Ed. – 1976
This book, a project of the Montana Arts Council Poets and Writers in the School program, is a collection of poems written by students in elementary and secondary schools of Montana. In addition to the poems, the book contains an essay on motivating and guiding students to write creatively, a list of resources for creative-writing teachers, an…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Currier, Michael E. – 1972
Classroom games can activate student motivation by encouraging students and can prove valuable diagnostically by revealing information about students' cognitive and affective functioning. The 96 classroom-tested ideas presented in this book may be used to help develop and reinforce skills in word analysis, comprehension, and vocabulary at any…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Games
Umphrey, Michael L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
An epidemic of disengagement in American high schools is faced as institutions fail to offer meaningful and relevant ways to connect curriculum with students' emerging life stories. These students do not see how schooling, as it is presently constituted, is important to their own developing identities. One solution to this problem is to organize…
Descriptors: High Schools, Outreach Programs, Relevance (Education), Student Attitudes
National Association of Educational Secretaries, Arlington, VA. – 1973
This book is designed to aid instructors or potential instructors in presenting information in an inservice training session so that it will be meaningful to all concerned. The book contains general information on the learning process, motivation of the student, methods of instruction, and physical facilities, and training aids, as well as control…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Facilities, Inservice Education, Learning Processes
Alvir, Howard P. – 1975
The publication is designed for use in teacher education and directed towards curriculum development in career education. The collection of 24 transparencies provides illustrations of the advantages of module building for a career paths course that involves specific objectives, diagnostic pretesting, alternative learning environments, and mastery…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Individualized Instruction
