eSchool News
JULY 7, 2025
Showing them real-world applications keeps them engaged and motivated.” Penn Foster Group works with teachers and counselors who highlight the growing use of online courses for credit recovery, summer school, and blended learning models, allowing students in traditional schools to customize their education to meet their unique needs.
Faculty Focus
JULY 15, 2025
To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.
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Teach Hub
APRIL 25, 2025
Promote Collaboration Through Group Work When it comes to helping students create stronger projects, sometimes more really is better. Plus, having an outside audience can be a powerful motivator. When students know that people beyond their classroom walls will see their work, they often try harder and think more creatively.
Faculty Focus
JULY 15, 2025
To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
Having kids work together promotes cooperation, builds social-emotional skills, and gets them engaged in active learning. Group work, on the other hand, tends to come with challenges. Some students feel like they do all the work, others feel left out, motivation wanes, and assignments seem to get cobbled together.
Faculty Focus
JUNE 30, 2024
Recently I had reason to revisit Paul Pintrich’s meta-analysis on motivating students. It’s still the piece I most often see referenced when it comes to what’s known about student motivation. Adaptive self-efficacy and competence perceptions motivate students. Adaptive attributions and control beliefs motivate students.
Faculty Focus
JUNE 30, 2024
Recently I had reason to revisit Paul Pintrich’s meta-analysis on motivating students. It’s still the piece I most often see referenced when it comes to what’s known about student motivation. Adaptive self-efficacy and competence perceptions motivate students. Adaptive attributions and control beliefs motivate students.
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