On Education, Motivation and Getting Ahead in Life The educational “bridge to economic opportunity and social mobility” is only as good as the people who make the effort to cross it.

Motivation, these researchers argue, is far more malleable, and colleges wield significant power in instilling—and discouraging—it in their students. To continue reading for FREE, please sign in.

5. Motivation is enhanced by the way in which the instructional material is organized. In general, the best organized material makes the information meaningful to the individual.

Basic principles of motivation exist that are applicable to learning in any education situation. 1. The environment can be used to focus the student’s attention on what needs to be learned.

If online education sites are ever going to put the Ivy League schools out of business, they’ll need to take a crash course in the psychology of student motivation. Lesson #1: Encourage autonomy ...

Intrinsic motivation, the internal drive to engage in activities for their inherent satisfaction, is a fundamental aspect of effective learning. This concept, rooted in the principles of Self ...

Motivation Matters was the first blog to emerge from the Education Week newsroom and it served as a great jumping off point as we as journalists began diving deeper into the waters of Web 2.0.

Lack of motivation is a real and pressing problem. Upwards of 40 percent of high school students are chronically disengaged from school, according to a 2003 National Research Council report on ...