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By: Michelle Marin

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Teachers Influences of Students' Attachment to School

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Teachers Influences of Students' Attachment to School

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This article discusses how performance improves when teachers support students emotionally and socially. It discusses how important it is for teachers and students to have a positive relationship in order to improve performance.

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Intrinsic and extrinsic school motivation as a 	function of age: the mediating role of autonomy support 

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Intrinsic and extrinsic school motivation as a 	function of age: the mediating role of autonomy support 

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This article discusses how age effects motivational strategies. Between 9 -15 there is an decrease in intrinsic motivation in students. It talks about the importance of self-determined extrinsic motivation than non-self determined extrinsic motivation. Teachers should nurture intrinsic motivation.

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In this article, the authors talk about how extrinsic motivators (rewards) can be weak reinforcers of behavior and in the long run can be negative reinforcers. The article talks about the power of incentives in many aspects of life, including school and career. Incentives can cause people to lose confidence in themselves or loss of value in their task.

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Immediate Rewards Boost Student Performance

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Immediate Rewards Boost Student Performance

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This article talks about research conducted by the University of Chicago that discovered that students perform better on standardized tests if offered a reward right before taking the test and given the reward immediately after the test. The more money students were offered, the better their performance.

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Supermath: an alternative approach to improving math performance in grades 	4 through 9 

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Supermath: an alternative approach to improving math performance in grades 	4 through 9 

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Skill-builders: improving middle school students’ self-beliefs for learning mathematics

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Skill-builders: improving middle school students’ self-beliefs for learning mathematics

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School and teacher perspectives across mathematics and science classrooms

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School and teacher perspectives across mathematics and science classrooms

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Students opinions of "real-world" examples are often much different then their teachers' opinions. Teachers need to spend time learning what is important for their students.

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Social Cognitive, Factors, Support, and Engagement: Early Adolescents' Math Interests as Precursors to Choice of Career

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Social Cognitive, Factors, Support, and Engagement: Early Adolescents' Math Interests as Precursors to Choice of Career

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This articles doesn't how adolescents viewpoints of mathematics effects career discussions in their future. One part I found interesting was that part that discussed how middle school students lose interest in mathematics and start to question its usefulness and purpose.

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Website: Strategies to Motivate Students

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Website: Strategies to Motivate Students

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The central location for Texas CTE instructional and professional development content.

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teach the earth:enhancing your teaching:affective domain

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My students aren't motivated - how can I help them? Teachers have a lot to do with their students' motivational level. A student may arrive in class with a certain degree of motivation. But the ...

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This article talks about how difficult it can be to motivate middle school students. I found it interesting that this article pointed out that teachers don't always use real life examples that are interesting for their students. It is important that teachers communicate with their students to find out their likes and dislikes and tailor their lessons to their needs.

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"Motivating Students through On-Line Competition: An Analysis of Satisfaction and Learning Styles"

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"Motivating Students through On-Line Competition: An Analysis of Satisfaction and Learning Styles"

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- student centered learning/active learning

-Teachers are guides

-emphasizes learning styles

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"How Can Students Be Motivated: A Misplaced Question? " Key Points

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"How Can Students Be Motivated: A Misplaced Question? " Key Points

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-teachers are manipulating students' personalities with rewards and extrinsic motivation.

-inspiring versus motivating

-three positive effects on classroom - equity, achievement, and camaraderie

-pride in work itself

-relationship between academic achievement and video games

-is room for both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards in a classroom

-Say thank-you

-recognize students actions - improvement

-informal rewards are better than formal awards

-positive expectations

-precise feedback

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-Rewards hinder student motivation

-uniqueness of students

-increase in confidence links to student motivation

-repetitive work hinders motivation

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12 Categories:

1. Make content relevant

2. Help students achieve their goals

3. Be prepared and model learning

4. Encourage students to learn

5. Positive relationship with students

6. Reward student achievement and effort

7. Avoid de-motivating

8. Enhance their self-efficacy

9. Engaging teaching strategies

10. Appealing teaching strategies

11. Motivational feedback

12. Monitor motivation levels and make adjustments as needed

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Motivating Students for Academic Success

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boredom

difficulty

home issues

conflict with teacher

poor classroom management

ineffective teachers

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The following are ideas I have to better motivate my students to learn

Intrinsic Motivation - praise

Competition/Games

Technology

Rewards/Consequences- Extrinsic Motivation

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It can be a challenge to motivate students in middle school mathematics classes.

Making topics like linear functions and dividing fractions engaging and interesting

for my students in a difficult task. When students are not motivated, they tend

to not learn as well. As a teacher, my job is to make sure all of my students are

reaching their highest potential. When students are motivated to learn, there is an

increase in academic success.