The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the higher education landscape for faculty and students alike. Universities across the globe were forced to close their doors and abruptly shift from ...

One of our favorite books is How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose and others. The chapter we turn to again and again is “What Factors Motivate ...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Can I really motivate my learners, or can I only create the right conditions to inspire motivation?" Let’s explore what motivation is and how we can enhance it. When ...

SPRINGDALE -- "Grades are extrinsic motivators, (but) deep, meaningful, sustained learning requires intrinsic motivation," says Josh Eyler, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and ...

For decades, educators have wondered how to best recapture students’ traveling eyes or prevent their heads from slumping onto their desks. Student engagement is a perennial challenge in the classroom, ...

A key challenge with online learning is maintaining student engagement and motivation. A forum-based teaching system, in which all students could see and compare their work within a shared online ...

Learning linear equations or the functions of cells, especially if it doesn’t come easily, requires a generous dose of motivation. But this intangible quality can be difficult to cultivate. There are ...

Motivation theory has evolved over time as limitations of each new theory have become salient, and new theories are proposed to improve upon the old ones. Since each theory makes sense on its own, it ...

Dan Greenstein and Jamie Merisotis’s “Education Does Reduce Inequality” (op-ed, April 10) focuses on the supposed effects of education rather than on the people being educated. As a microbusiness ...