Noted author and psychologist David Yeager on the common mistakes we make when giving feedback to students, and how to tap ...

Because one of the challenges we find is that students get the fundamentals in math, and then suddenly they hit a wall when ...

Purpose-Based Learning at AIU shifts the focus from rote memorization and external rewards to helping students understand the ...

For almost two decades, Traci Young-Byron has been at the head of one of Miami's most iconic high school dance troupes, the ...

Learn how Zebra finches' natural drive to learn their songs makes them masters of their craft — and what we can learn from ...

With "Teams-Games-Tournaments," Slavin (1990) showed that competition between teams can strongly motivate learners and build positive interdependence. Chambers and Abrami (1991) cautioned that being ...

This type of motivation may disappear when rewards and punishments are removed and may lead to more superficial learning. How much students care about succeeding at a goal will contribute to the ...