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Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges [Paperback]

Larry Ferlazzo
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April 22, 2011 1596671815 978-1596671812
Give your students the tools they need to motivate themselves with tips from award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo. A comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book presents immediately applicable steps and lesson plans for all middle and high school teachers looking to help students motivate themselves. With coverage of brain-based learning, classroom management, and using technology, these strategies can be easily incorporated into any curriculum.

Learn to implement solutions to the following challenges:

- How do you motivate students?
- How do you help students see the importance of personal responsibility?
- How do you deal with a student who is being disruptive in class?
- How do you regain control of an out-of-control class?
- And more!

Blogger and educator Larry Ferlazzo has worked to combine literacy development with short and rigorous classroom lessons on topics such as self-control, personal responsibility, brain growth, and perseverance. He uses many on-the-spot interventions designed to engage students and connect with their personal interests.

Use these practical, research-based ideas to ensure all of your students are intrinsically motivated to learn!

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 215 pages
  • Publisher: Eye on Education (April 22, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1596671815
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596671812
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 9.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Secrets to Student Motivation June 16, 2011
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Confession: I'm a Larry Ferlazzo follower. Not a disciple, because Larry isn't much into that, but a follower who's read most of his essays and books on good teaching practice, including several I edited for the Education Week Teacher website. I've also interviewed Larry for a blog I help with. I've had dinner with Larry and his wife and fascinating conversation ensued. I loved his earlier book on parent engagement. So that's my transparency.

Here's the thing about Larry: He doesn't just get outside the box, he turns it INSIDE OUT. This excellent book is a good example. There are 100s of motivational books and articles you could buy and read, and when you boil most of them down, they're about external motivators -- rewards, guilt, atta-boy/girl strategies. They may work for a small number of students but they're not very sticky. Very few advice-givers take Larry's approach to motivation, with the teacher or advisor acting in ways that promote and nurture INTRINSIC motivation, the kind that begins to hang out in the adolescent brain/heart and eventually takes up full-time residency. Yes, it takes more effort on the part of the teacher/advisor -- but it's not wasted effort, like so many other approaches turn out to be.

In his hugely popular blog for educators, Larry is famous for his "How Do You..." posts (if you don't know about that blog, set aside a few hours to visit [...]). "Helping Students Motivate Themselves" uses the same how-to approach. It has two parts, Classroom Culture and Classroom Instruction, populated by 13 practical chapters presented as Questions, with specific, action-oriented answers. Take Question 5: "How do you help students see problems as opportunities, not frustrations?" Topics: Immediate Responses/Giving the Student Feedback; Setting the Stage/Helping Students See Their Own Growth; Grit & Growth Mindset Lesson Plan; Improvement Rubric Lesson Plan. Eight wise pages.

There are also plenty of online resources and downloadables available from the publisher's website. Plus: Visit Larry's blog and click on the book cover and you'll discover free excerpts and related essays, an audio interview with Larry about student motivation, and more.

My short version? This book is huge resource for teachers who are serious about changing students' lives by helping them become self-actualized learners.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best teacher textbook I've read in years! January 5, 2013
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I'm reading this as part of an online class through Heritage Institute. Wow! This is great stuff . As teachers we spend a lot of time trying to motivate our students. We do all the work. This book shows how to put that responsibility back on the students to motivate themselves and teaches them how to do that. It goes on to talk about Higher Level Thinking, games and technology. It's easy to read and has good lesson plans as well as online links. I wish I had read it years ago.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Teachers need this book December 29, 2012
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Teachers need this book. It is a collection of current ideas and it is helpful to students. We cannot make others be motivated, they have to motivate themselves.
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