Assignments Motivation Students 
Catlin Tucker
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Not only has the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots created concern about assigning writing, but myriad challenges exist when we send writing home with students. #1 As a result, writing assignments often fail to meet the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness required for motivation.
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
One culprit is the mentality that, “If I don’t grade it, the students won’t do it.” ” I disagree, especially when it comes to assignments designed to provide students with opportunities to review concepts and practice specific skills. Each student completes the assignment.
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 3, 2021
In fact, the switch to hybrid and fully virtual learning during the pandemic highlighted how students can become distracted and lose motivation when they are seemingly hiding behind a screen, causing many frustrated parents and teachers to loathe the use of technology in learning. My teenage students love technology.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 28, 2024
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Teacher Toms Blog
MAY 30, 2025
It seemed like each time I spoke with him he was enthusiastic about some new hobby or other -- outer space, collecting knives, electric trains, bicycles, playing guitar -- all self-motivated. She's recently learned that his teachers were dangling these mandated breaks as a "reward" for completing this or that assignment.
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 1, 2020
Students rarely recognize how much progress they are making over the course of a semester or school year. Their school days tend to be a blur of information, assignments, and activities. However, if students do not appreciate their growth over time, it may be harder to understand the value of the work they are doing or stay motivated.
Edsurge
JANUARY 7, 2022
Reader Question: Dear Bonni, What ideas do you have for student accountability? How do we get students to do pre-class work without giving a grade to everything? The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. You can pose a question for a future column here.
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