What Keeps Students Motivated to Learn?

Via MindShift: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/what-keeps-students-them-motivated-to-learn/

“A panel of seven students attending schools that are part of the “deeper learning” movement gave their perspective on what it means for them to learn and how educators can work to create a school culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, trust, the ability to fail, and perhaps most importantly, one in which students want to participate.”

Headings:

INTEGRATED PROJECTS

INTEREST-BASED AND RELEVANT

MAKE IT HANDS-ON

KNOWING TEACHERS CARE

LEARNING FROM FAILURE

EVALUATING WORK

Stephen