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Teaching Strategies: Motivating Students


Instructors who understand student motivation can greatly enhance the classroom experience and student performance. The articles and links in this section discuss research findings on student motivation and techniques for motivating students.

Capturing and Directing the Motivation to Learn (Acrobat Document Download)
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/motivation_to_learn.pdf

Motivating Students' Best Work
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/sectionlists/sect20.html

Teaching FAQs: Motivating Students
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/motivatingstudents/motivating.html

Tools for Teaching: Motivating Students
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html

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