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

Two academic researchers and lecturers discuss the many factors that boost short- and long-term motivation and how to get ...

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.

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 ...

"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, ...

Why is the federal government spending 2.4 times (per capita, inflation adjusted) for Medicaid and “Other Means Tested Entitlements” than it did a generation ago, 1992, when unemployment had averaged ...

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, ...

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