How to Motivate Reluctant Learners (Mastering the Principles of Great Teaching series)

What we call “motivation” in school is really a decision students make to invest in our classrooms. It’s our responsibility to show students the value of investment and guide them toward behaviors that will support learning.

In this guide, Robyn R. Jackson takes you step by step through the process of motivating reluctant learners—what great teachers do instead of relying on elaborate rewards systems or creative tricks to reach students who actively or passively resist investing themselves in the classroom. Here, you’ll learn how to

*Identify the classroom investments to ask for by considering the motivated behaviors you most want to see and ensuring that what you’re asking for is specific, meaningful, observable, realistic, worth the effort, and small.