Tip #869: How to Build Motivation to Learn
“Student engagement is the product of motivation and active learning.” Elizabeth F. Barkley In his book Drive, Daniel Pink identifies three key components necessary for
“Student engagement is the product of motivation and active learning.” Elizabeth F. Barkley In his book Drive, Daniel Pink identifies three key components necessary for
In this tip, we consider whether students learn more in lectures than they learn in active participatory learning activities. Fiction. According to a Harvard study,
“Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill.” Tony Buzan According to Amanda Moritz-Saladino, in an article most recently revised in 2017, there have been
“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.” Nikki Giovanni Various studies have found that 44% – 59% of
“Where processing overload is a barrier to learning, relational trust issues are likely to be present too.” Mark Burns In an article by Mark Burns
“You must have confidence in your competence.” Elijah Cummings I have known about the different levels of competence but never looked at them from the
This tip is about how important it is to make it acceptable to fail- and three broad categories of failure: preventable, complexity-related and intelligent. Bad
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein No one ever does something perfectly the first time they try
This Tip is about mistakes I have made, some of my own making and others out of my control and how quotes can console me.
“In contests of persuasion, counterarguments are typically more powerful than arguments.” Robert Cialdini According to Cialdini, the superiority of counterarguments “emerges especially when a counterclaim
“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” Plato I looked at a request for proposal for leadership training a few days
According to Willie Pietersen in his article, Learning How to Learn, “in an increasingly turbulent world, the crucial life-sustaining competency is learning how to win
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