Martin Covington introduces the basic principles of motivation in a readable, nontechnical form as they apply to classroom learning. He argues against the popular notion that the problems existing in schools today stem primarily from a lack of student motivation. Instead, he asserts that students are motivated, but often for the wrong reasons. Traditional teaching methods, including conventional grading procedures and an emphasis on competition, can contribute to student demoralization, and Covington identifies the ways in which students respond to misguided incentives. The book suggests practical, concrete ways that teachers can transform classroom incentives into a positive desire to learn. It features a series of illustrative exercises at the end of each chapter and includes the latest research on gender and ethnic differences in motivation and learning in schools.
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Martin Covington introduces the basic principles of motivation as they apply to classroom learning in a readable, non-technical form and provides strategies for motivating students. Professor Covington argues against the belief that the problems in today's schools stem a from lack of motivation, an d he offers teachers a way to encourage more positive reasons for learning, including struggle for self-improvement, the promotion of personal effort, and the encouragement of creativity over compliance.
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motivational equity, need achievement model, failure acceptors, emotional anticipation, intensification policy, ability game, instructional guidelines, achievement dynamics, attribution retraining, motivational perspective, outperforming others, reputation for brilliance, minority youngsters, metacognitive knowledge, serious games, task involvement, ability status, intrinsic goals, infinite games Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology (Volume 7) by William M. Reynolds on 4 pages
- Educational Psychology (with "Becoming a Professional" CD-ROM), by Anita Woolfolk in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Psychology by Elliot Aronson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Educational Psychology by Glenn Myers Blair in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Psychology (Nelson-Hall Series in Psychology) by Stephen Worchel in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Issues in Science Teaching (Issues in Teaching Series) by John Sears in Back Matter
- ICT in the Primary School (Learning and Teaching With Ict) by Avril Loveless on page 21
- ICT in the Primary School (Learning and Teaching with Ict) by Loveless on page 21
- The Motivated School by Alan McLean on page 133
- Achieving Competence, Success and Excellence in Teaching by Mark Brundrett in Back Matter
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