Motivating Students part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chapter from the book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis is a great place to start for ideas and tips about increasing student motivation in your classes. The author presents a handy ...

Motivation: A General Overview of Theories part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chapter in an e-book provides a brief summary of motivational theories that is written for educators. Topics include goals, self-efficacy, attribution theory, self-regulation and volition, and ...

Cooperation and Competition: Theory and Research part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book summarizes, via meta-analysis, over 750+ studies on the issues surrounding use of collaborative learning in the classroom. Further, the book summarizes outcomes in terms of three broad ...

Engaging Today's Students in Earth Science 101 part of SERC Print Resource Collection
In this article, the authors describe the experience of using a particular Student Response System (SRS) in large introductory geoscience courses at the University of Florida - Gainesville. They ...

Making differences: a table of learning part of SERC Print Resource Collection
One of the central ways we make sense of experience is by making differences. The world presents itself without inherent order, and our impulse is to place things in piles, count them, and name them. ...

Cognitive, Motivational, and Volitional Dimensions of Learning: An Empirical Test of a Hypothetical Model part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Students' predisposition to feel responsible for the results of their academic behavior (internal attribution) is related to positive self-image (academic self-concept), both being important ...

They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier part of SERC Print Resource Collection
To solve the twin problems of a projected shortfall of science workers and general science illiteracy in the United States, Tobias's study asked post-undergraduate students with considerable high ...

Improving Self-Efficacy and Motivation: What to Do, What to Say part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article suggests practical solutions to improve the motivation of struggling learners. Specifically, the authors present strategies such as using peers as role models, teaching specific learning ...

Who Does Extra-Credit Work in Introductory Science Courses? part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This study measured how many introductory biology students took advantage of extra-credit opportunities, the grades they earned, and reasons they gave for not completing extra credit work. The study ...

Sense of Belonging in College Freshman at the Classroom and Campus Levels part of SERC Print Resource Collection