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The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students

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The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students Motivation plays a role not only in people’s choice to get involved in their goals but also in their behavior, persistence, and, ultimately, success. What does motivation entail? Educators should nurture curiosity.

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Understanding Behavioral Learning Theory & Its Applications In The Classroom

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And if you want to earn your psychology Ph.D. Here are a few reasons why this understanding is imperative: Individual Pacing: Recognizing that each student reacts differently to stimuli helps accommodate varied learning paces and styles. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has written a great article on behavioral learning in the classroom.

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Student and Teacher Motivational Needs in the School Setting

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Motivation is not only important in its own right; it is also an important predictor of learning and achievement. Students who are more motivated to learn persist longer, produce higher quality effort, learn more deeply, and perform better in classes and on standardized tests. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

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A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

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Institutions are using virtual reality programs to immerse students in laboratory simulations. They’re also mailing lab kits to students’ homes, enabling them to dissect cadavers on their kitchen tables, complete with whole specimens of sharks, birds and snakes, plus that old classic, frogs. They are courageous to return to school.

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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Students can build apps and collaboration skills at the same time. Not only have I used MAD-Learn for the first global collaborative app-building project, I love having my students build together and host a "shark tank competition." Stream by clicking here.

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Student Disengagement Has Soared Since the Pandemic. Here’s What Lectures Look Like Now

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SAN MARCOS, Texas — As a digital media course got underway on a recent Wednesday at Texas State University, a trickle of students took their seats in one of the largest lecture theaters on campus. On paper, this was a huge class, with about 220 students registered. Only around 60 students showed up. But it’s more than that.

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What is classroom culture? How do I create classroom culture?

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Teacher-Student Relationships Matter The American Psychological Association has emphasized the importance of improving student-teacher relationships. Thus, student-teacher relationships are part of classroom culture. But also, student-student relationships need to be encouraging and positive.