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Effective Models As Instructional Designs To Build Student Motivation In Learning, Karla S. Lammers
Effective Models As Instructional Designs To Build Student Motivation In Learning, Karla S. Lammers
Graduate Research Papers
Effective Models As Instructional Designs to Build Student Motivation in Learning: A Review of Literature examines some of the research and academic literature related to successful designs/models that educators can use to build motivation in learners. Views of different motivations, extrinsic and intrinsic, as a learner are also discussed. Examples of designs/models are examined that integrate technology. The author concludes by presenting a technology-assisted, literature-based curriculum product that integrates these models to enhance learners' motivation.
The Motivating Aspects Of Technology, Mary Ascher
The Motivating Aspects Of Technology, Mary Ascher
Graduate Research Papers
Motivation is the most challenging and complex issue facing educators today. There are two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. To foster life-long learning educators need to stimulate intrinsic motivation in their students. Three factors that stimulate and sustain intrinsic motivation include personal relationships, shared responsibility, and safety. The expectancy theory also identifies elements affecting motivation. Technology is a tool that fits into all of these factors to capture the students' motivation.
Motivating Students With Digital Portfolios, Rochelle Christine Duwa
Motivating Students With Digital Portfolios, Rochelle Christine Duwa
Graduate Research Papers
As the drop out rates of high schools across the country reach 30 percent, the need for teachers to be able to motivate students becomes increasingly important. Alternative assessments (especially performance based) have become a popular trend in schools and have proven to give a more accurate display of students' skills and knowledge than standardized tests. This paper investigates the different kinds of digital or electronic portfolios, and the process of creating and implementing digital portfolios in order to help determine the role they could play as a method of alternative assessment as well as motivating students.
Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches To Anger Management For Children And Adolescents, Amy L. Zirkelbach
Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches To Anger Management For Children And Adolescents, Amy L. Zirkelbach
Graduate Research Papers
This paper examines the need to address anger problems among children and adolescents given the implications of uncontrolled anger on relationships, education, possible involvement with the law, and physical and mental well-being. Aggression and its relationship to anger will also be discussed as well as the need to develop early intervention practices aimed at anger-related problems. A cognitive-behavioral approach will be presented as an alternative to many of the prevailing psychological approaches dominating individual and group interventions targeting angry and aggressive youth. A description of the key components of cognitive-behavioral anger management programs will be described, including arousal management, cognitive …
Enhancing Student Learning Styles Through The Use Of Technology, Mark A. Dugger
Enhancing Student Learning Styles Through The Use Of Technology, Mark A. Dugger
Graduate Research Papers
The multiple learning styles of students have in the last few years become a major topic of concern for all educators. Experience and time are valuable learning tools assisting teachers in developing an understanding of these learning styles. This review pursues the importance of considering student learning styles when incorporating technology within an existing curriculum. Research studies provide supporting evidence that a technology-rich environment promotes collaborative, project-based learning, which in tum has a positive effect on learning styles.