Here’s an end-of-the-year motivation move that fits inside of a class warm-up (5 minutes or so) and helps with Credibility (by signaling Care) and Belonging. Tomorrow at the start of class, hand your students a sheet of lined paper and say this: “You know class, I was thinking the other day — wow, the year […]
End of Year Motivation Moves, Part 2 — Work the Roster
Hey there, colleague! Continuing on with the mini-series we started yesterday, let me make a quick announcement and then we’ll get to today’s simple strategy. Announcement/Request: If you’re planning to register yourself or a group for next week’s all-virtual PD day, can you let me know by this weekend? Enrollment is currently low and I […]
Student Motivation at the End of the School Year
Hey there, colleague — how are you doing? We’ve just finished our state testing at my school, and after a couple days of proctoring, I gotta tell ya — I’m ready to do some teaching. 🙂 So here’s the deal. The way I see it, there are two ways to end this school year. Scenario […]
Value Booster: Why Are You Here?
Recently while reading Professor Ayelet Fishbach’s Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation, I came across this line that made me think about my students a bit but the students of electives teachers a ton. In 2006, psychologist Kentaro Fujita and his colleagues had people answer a series of why or how […]
Learning Lesson 8: It’s Easy to Trick Yourself into Thinking You Know More Than You Know
Hey there, colleague! What follows is the last of a series of mini-lessons that teach secondary students how to learn more effectively. It’s part of a series, which you can access right here. When we teach students about learning, we empower them to work smarter and get better results for their effort. This is massively […]
