Motivating student learning can be accomplished by designing teaching strategies that make coursework doable, meaningful, and enjoyable for students based on an understanding of what helps them learn.
While motivation impacts learning in courses of all levels and disciplines, it is an especially important consideration when teaching introductory or gateway courses to diverse audiences of majors, pre-majors, and non-majors.
CIDR Resources
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CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletins
What helps students learn?
CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletin, 5(1)
Helping students read well
CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletin, 4(3)
More and better class participation
CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletin, 4(1)
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Available in the CIDR Reading Room
Davis, B. G. (1993). Tools for teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Fallows, S., & Ahmet, K. (Eds.) (1999). Inspiring students: Case studies in motivating the learner. London: Kogan Page.
Hofer, B. (2006). Motivation in the College Classroom. In W. J. McKeachie & M. Svinicki (Eds.), MeKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (12th ed., pp. 140-150). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Svinicki, M. D. (2004). Learning and motivation in the postsecondary classroom. Bolton, MA: Anker. |
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Bransford, J., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Davis, B. G. (1993). Motivating Students. In Tools for teaching (Chap. 23). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Oppenheimer, R. J. (2001). Increasing student motivation and facilitating learning. College Teaching, 49(3), 96-98.
Ryan, T. E. (2006). Motivating novice students to read their textbooks. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 33(2), 135-140.
Shaw, V. N. (2002). Peer review as a motivating device in the training of writing skills for college students. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 33(1): 68-76
Davis, B. G., Wood, L., & Wilson, R. C. (1983). Motivating students' best work. In A Berkeley Compendium: Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence.
Nash, R., Wild, M., & Arlington, P. (2001). Motivating your students. In Effective Instructional Design: An Online Course Template (n.p.)
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Maintained at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), this web site contains a collection of case studies developed by faculty members across the sciences along with teaching notes.
University of Oregon, Teaching Effectiveness Program. (2005, November). Motivating Students.
