Who doesn’t like praise? But there are ways to make it more effective. Here’s something I wrote recently about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: “What beautiful music!” I exclaim as my ...

Motivation is connected to concepts dear to higher education – intellectual curiosity, grit, resilience, persistence, achievement, ambition. Whether the aim is to motivate first-year undergraduates to ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

Teaching STEM subjects can be difficult, because many students lack confidence and motivation to tackle those courses and the academic rigor they require. Nearly half of teachers say they’ve asked ...

Assignments are a crucial part of the learning experience for students. Yet, surprisingly, there are relatively few professional development resources or conference sessions on how to design ...

Practical strategies – from clear communication and visual resources to community building and inclusive pedagogy – to help educators foster participation and motivation in digital learning Have you ...

As a new semester approaches, and we put the finishing touches on our syllabi, the issue of how to motivate students is very much on faculty minds. Behind every assignment, reading, and in-class ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Parents out there know how hard it is to motivate your kids, especially when they get older.Parents out there know how hard it is to motivate your kids, especially when they ...

It can be tough to get students to read their accounting textbooks. But what about piquing their interest with a podcast or an audiobook? About 10 years ago, professor Brigitte Muehlmann, CPA, Ph.D., ...

Sir Ken Robinson’s famous TED Talk, “How Schools Kill Creativity,” illustrates how the traditional school system undermines children’s imagination. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, our school system ...

I present at conferences and lead workshops across the country on how to motivate college students using behavioral science strategies, and there's one question I get asked every single time: How do I ...

Do you remember my story in the Introduction to this short course about how motivated changed me from a D student in the 4th grade to an all-A student in the 7th grade? We don’t all have a Miss Torti ...