Six Ways To Motivate Students To Learn Scientific research has provided us with a number of ways to get the learning juices flowing. 1. Fine-tune the challenge. We’re most motivated to learn when the task before us is matched to our level of skill. 2. Start with the question, not the answer. Discovering the solution to a puzzle is invigorating. 3. Encourage students to beat their personal best. Generate motivation by encouraging students to compete against themselves. 4. Connect abstract learning to concrete situations. Apply abstract theories and concepts to a real-world scenario. 5. Make it social. Put together a learning group. 6. Go deep. Almost any subject is interesting once you get inside it. Click the link for more on each of these points. blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/six-ways-motivate-students-to-learn/
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