‘Teachers often can get frustrated when they think their students don′t care. This book gives teachers a way to take ownership of the situation rather than blame students.’
—Lyneille Meza, Coordinator of Data and Assessment
Denton ISD, Denton, TX
‘This resource addresses the central issue in classrooms today and is full of exciting and applicable information on how to motivate today′s learners.’
—Gary L. Willhite, Teacher Educator/Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Powerful brain-friendly strategies for motivating, challenging, and celebrating your students!
This second edition of Donna Walker Tileston′s bestseller is filled with innovative practices for motivating even the most at-risk and reluctant K–12 students. Informed by current research on the plasticity of the brain and new insights on the relationship between culture and student motivation, the book features an extended classroom example of motivational techniques in action and vocabulary pre- and post-tests for teachers and details how:
- Technology influences the brain and motivation
- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are related to celebrations and rewards
- Specific strategies can motivate students to begin and finish a task
- Teachers can foster students′ positive self talk and on-task behaviors
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Vocabulary Pretest
1. What Is Motivation and Why Does It Matter So Much?
What Is Motivation?
Build Intrinsic Motivation
What Is Extrinsic Motivation?
The Difference Between Rewards and Celebrations
2. What Are the Roots of Motivation?
Understanding the Mental Processes
The Self-System
The Metacognitive System
The Cognitive System
3. Motivation to Begin a Lesson or Task
Getting the Brain′s Attention
The Role of Self-Attributes
The Role of the Self and Others
The Role of the Student′s Perception of the Nature of the World
How Climate Affects Motivation
The Relationship Between Importance and Motivation
Why Is Efficacy Important to Motivation?
4. How Do We Encourage Students to Finish the Task?
Activiating the Metacognitive System
What About Minor Off-Task Behavior?
5. A Model for Developing Motivation in the Classroom
Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of the Learning
Learning States and Discipline Problems
What Ms. Walker Did to Reach Diverse Learners
6. A Model for Facilitating Motivation
A Model for Turning on the Motivation Within
Vocabulary Summary
Student at Risk
Celebrations
Climate
Contextualization
Extrinsic Motivation
Vocabulary Posttest
Vocabulary Pretest and Posttest Answer Key
References
Index
Despre autor
Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna’s publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin′s bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her Ed D from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com
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