Motivating Students to Learn

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Motivating Students to Learn is written by Kathryn Wentzel and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0429648138 (ISBN 10) and 9780429648137 (ISBN 13).

Written specifically for teachers in training, Motivating Students to Learn offers a wealth of research-based principles on student motivation for use in the classroom. Positioning the teacher as the decisive motivator, the book is grounded in the realities of contemporary schools, curriculum goals, and peer dynamics. Twelve rich chapters offer extrinsic and intrinsic approaches to guide daily practice, guidelines for adapting to group and individual differences, and ways to reach discouraged or disaffected students. This revised fifth edition features new instructional strategies, summaries of effective interventions, chapters on family/cultural diversity and teacher motivation, and more.