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 ...

How does dopamine regulate both learning and motivation? Date: June 6, 2023 Source: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - KNAW Summary: A new study brings together two schools of thought on the ...

Motivation comes in many forms, so it’s best to try different methods and see which work best for your students. As we consider the future of online learning, it’s critical that we keep our students ...

Editor’s note: This article on learning and student motivation originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. In 2020, my wife and I bought a used 2017 ...

Motivation is everywhere in education. We’re told to cultivate it, sustain it, and assess it as if learning couldn’t happen without it. It’s common to hear that students need to be supported ...

Enhancing Motivation with Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) The Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) framework highlights four key conditions that enhance motivation and create inclusive learning ...

Understanding student motivation is a complex challenge. Factors such as mindset, personal values, anticipated outcomes, environment, and external expectations all impact motivation—which, in turn, ...

Boosting student motivation in computer science. Article by Jessica Henderson Photo by iStock February 05, 2025. UD researchers investigate changes in student motivation in first-year computer science ...

The limbic system helps regulate emotional and social processing, as well as learning, motivation, and memory. It consists of structures that lie beneath the outer, wrinkly part of the brain and ...

Grace M. H. Gayle, Personality, Motivation, and Second Language Learning, Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 6, No. 3 (1981), pp ...

This leads students to report higher levels of motivation and satisfaction throughout the learning process, and to rate their lecturers more positively in their evaluations (5, 6). However, although ...