Motivation: What works and what doesn't?

Brain Break – Cross Laterals

Introduction

Fears and Dreams

Richard Sagor, Lessons from Skateboarders

The Pinnacle

The Brain and Behavior (Kathie Nunley, A Student's Brain)

Teachley's Amazing Talking Brain

www.DisciplineHelp.com

C – Competent

B – Belong

U – Useful

P - Potent

O – Optimistic

Carol Dweck and Motivation

• http://www.edweek.org/chat/transcript_08_30_06.html
• http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/chat/chat010.shtml
• http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/dweck.shtml

Cognitive Dissonance

"...we've learned that helping kids find out who they really are---what they are good at and what they love to do---is the most important way of maintaining natural curiosity and an eagerness to learn. We need to stop drawing attention to what kids can't do and start emphasizing what they can do."
(Willis/Hodson, 1999)

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Sagor, Richard and Jonas Cox. At-Risk Students: Reaching and Teaching Them, 2nd Ed. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, 2004. An excerpt that explains research on motivation (CBUPO) is available at:
http://www.eyeoneducation.com/excerpts/1-930556-71-3.htm