Noted author and psychologist David Yeager on the common mistakes we make when giving feedback to students, and how to tap ...

Challenge with achievable goals maximizes our students’ expectancies for success. A cognitive perspective on motivation focuses on the goals that drive the direction, intensity, persistence, and ...

For almost two decades, Traci Young-Byron has been at the head of one of Miami's most iconic high school dance troupes, the ...

For example, rewards such as prizes may motivate students to study while punishments such as losing privileges may also motivate students to study. —> What’s missing? Cognition. Cognitive models argue ...

A former NFL player and Super Bowl champion is encouraging students to read.Malcom Mitchell was a wide receiver for the New ...

This type of motivation may disappear when rewards and punishments are removed and may lead to more superficial learning. How much students care about succeeding at a goal will contribute to the ...