Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. In other words, can we foster greater motivation? Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2024

The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students Motivation plays a role not only in people’s choice to get involved in their goals but also in their behavior, persistence, and, ultimately, success. What does motivation entail? Experts in psychology have comprehensively analyzed motivation.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. In other words, can we foster greater motivation? Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students.

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Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 98

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Many of our students entered the school year below grade level, and while achieving grade-level mastery is challenging, a growth mindset allows us to see their potential, celebrate progress, and plan for further successes amongst our students. A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Key points: Students who feel supported feel empowered to learn and achieve 3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation Expanded learning can improve student well-being For more on student achievement, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Every student should get to feel brilliant at school.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2019

SEL is more than simple observable changes in behavior or short-term boosts to motivation. Student SEL is the process of deep change—changing beliefs, assumptions, and paradigms of reality. When K-12 educators use SEL best practices and methods, they can produce transformational results in school-aged children and adolescents.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2018

Motivation in class and the hallways, through notes, and over announcements will give students the boost they need to start believing in themselves. Emphasize that they each have their own beliefs and opinions that they can bring back and share in their classrooms. They will see that they can achieve success too.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2018

Hope is critical to greatness but not the strategy to achieve it. Hope is the belief that things can get better and is the foundation upon which motivation is built. Those hopes and goals will turn into motivation through the support of staff and peers. Hope is not wishful thinking—as in “I hope I win the lottery.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2019

The foundational belief that intelligence is malleable and that each child’s “true potential is unknown and unknowable.” I’ll overhear students chatting about their neurons, their potential and the goals they’re setting to achieve great heights. Dweck, 2006). We began this work by starting with the adults. Lessons learned.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At Tutor Doctor, were committed to helping students achieve academic success by understanding not just what they are learning but how they learn best, said Frank Milner, President of Tutor Doctor. The knowledge gained from these assessments equips students with self-awareness, helping them become more motivated and independent learners.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

Each spring, MIND sends out an annual survey to educators who use ST Math, a program created by MIND Education, to find out how the tool is delivering value, to guide future research and development, and to benchmark the understandings and beliefs of the teachers they serve. This year, 5,400 educators from across the U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A positive school culture is characterized by strong, healthy relationships among students and staff members; core beliefs and values that are taught and reinforced throughout the school environment; and high expectations accompanied by robust support systems. Yet, too often, teachers feel like they’re left alone on an island.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Despite this growing belief, 97 percent of surveyed teachers say they lack the necessary resources to integrate emerging technology like AI and concepts like entrepreneurship into their curriculum. Samsung Solve for Tomorrows second The State of STEM Education survey, conducted in partnership with DonorsChoose , polled1,039 U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Unfortunately, says Guthrie, students’ reading motivation is often "shockingly low." After spending 45 years studying how to motivate and engage students, Guthrie has learned that the secret to developing successful readers lies in understanding the right—and wrong—ways to motivate them. Not the books and the content.

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Motivation Reading Beliefs Grades 126

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

These insights promote a continuous improvement mindset that can help teachers strengthen their team’s collective efficacy, or belief in their joint ability to positively affect students. Research has shown that mindset matters: collective teacher efficacy has a strong and positive correlation to student achievement.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It gives students a sense of direction, helping them understand what they are striving to achieve and how their current performance is positioned in relation to those objectives. Enhances Self-Efficacy Process feedback can bolster students’ self-belief and confidence.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

According to American psychologist Abraham Maslow, all humans have the same fundamental needs (food, clothing and shelter), and these needs must be met before an individual is motivated to look beyond these basic needs. This motivational theory is commonly referred to as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Seems straightforward.

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Beliefs Motivation Achievement Educational Technologies 188

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Culture is the collective beliefs and commitments that enable individuals, who might otherwise only be loosely connected, to rally around an effort. One way to achieve this is through a culture audit, which can be conducted by district or school administrators or an impartial, professionally-trained third party.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Sometimes self-confidence and the belief in one’s self as a reader gets waylaid by a less than ideal reading environment, such as parents who don’t read at home or classroom instruction in reading that centers on worksheets rather than rich texts. Students need a support system to bolster self-belief.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This belief is wrong. Change the belief that mathematical ability is inborn, focusing on parents’ attitudes and how they are communicated to children. New online tools and learning approaches build on neuroscience research to help students achieve deeper understanding of mathematical concepts while boosting their engagement.

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Math Beliefs STEM Motivation 167

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

It is important, perhaps now more than ever, to recognize the inherent strengths of each parent while also tending to their personal development, motivation and self-actualization. Our approach is rooted in the belief that all families, regardless of circumstance, can benefit from coaching. We are—thankfully—not alone in this belief.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. Teachers Beliefs and Practices in Technology-based Classrooms: A Developmental View. According to Moser et. References Levin, T., & Wadmany, R. link] Moser, K.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The findings come out of the Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative , which provided grant money to 38 community colleges across 13 states to create degree pathways of courses that use OER materials instead of commercial textbooks. Students saved an average of $65 per OER course at colleges participating in the study.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Unfortunately, DPS follows a nationwide trend where Black students are overrepresented in discipline and underrepresented in academic achievement. This lack of belief in Black students’ potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy, where students internalize these low expectations and perform accordingly.

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Math Beliefs Students Failure 214

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Student success is more often defined by whether a learner demonstrates achievement on what my grandmother called the “3 R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic” — the core academic skills needed to illustrate mastery on standardized assessments. This is a dilemma. Is it marked by enthusiasm, love and care, and purposeful focus?

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks. Such personalized decision-making opportunities foster intrinsic motivation and active engagement and allow students to discover their strengths and understand their preferences, further bolstering their confidence and belief in their abilities.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

EDTECH: What technologies went into achieving Vision One91? EDTECH: What advice would you give another school district hoping to achieve a similar redesign? Makerspaces that have a lot of technology and coding pieces in there — we want to use those to draw student interest and motivation. Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

As more colleges face the reality of a declining traditional student population, there’s a common belief that adult students are where the growth is. There are plenty of reasons why higher education needs to get better at serving adult students in order to achieve the kind of inclusive prosperity called for in our mission statements.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

This focus on individual students requires a high level of student autonomy and intrinsic motivation—which makes growth mindset a natural complement to personalized learning. That said, it is an imperative element to ensuring students are able to achieve greater student agency and drive the course of their own learning.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. self-actualization). Canrinus, E.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The limited but growing body of research on experiential learning suggests it can deliver superior educational outcomes by facilitating practice and feedback, increasing student motivation and helping students achieve higher rates of employment and wages.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

Personally, I have gained an incredible sense of purpose over the last year and that motivates me a great deal. Priority 3: Accelerate academic achievement. While the losses we experienced in 2022 are indisputable, there have also been gains, and we’ve been reflecting on our growth as well.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2019

SEL is more than simple observable changes in behavior or short-term boosts to motivation. Student SEL is the process of deep change—changing beliefs, assumptions, and paradigms of reality. When K-12 educators use SEL best practices and methods, they can produce transformational results in school-aged children and adolescents.

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Beliefs Motivation Achievement Teachers 100

k12 Digest

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

What drives your passion for education and leadership, and how do you stay motivated? My passion stems from a deep belief in the power of education to transform lives. Leadership, to me, is about service, and when I focus on supporting others, I find endless motivation. What do you love the most about your current role?

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

This is achieved through strong academics tailored to different learning styles, leadership opportunities, service projects, and a vibrant community of clubs, sports, and the arts. That belief creates a school culture built on respect, kindness, and forgiveness. That mission goes beyond academics. Joseph is the Mass Buddies program.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation. Artificial intelligence/augmented reality: It seems everywhere we look companies and products are announcing their new integrations with AI or AR/VR.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Motivated teachers learn to overcome at least some of these limitations and strive to build direct connection and engagement with their students. I used to have the belief that I have very little to do with the success of my online students. But there are powerful and exciting alternative. I used to tell them that I have all the.

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