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“ If you’re a teacher, no doubt you occasionally have to offer students assignments which they perceive as uninteresting. However, you can support and help maintain students’ motivation, engagement, and learning during these lessons simply by providing a rationale for the assignment. Researchers found that when provided with external rationales for perceived uninteresting assignments, students can generate enough motivation to engage constructively and learn from the lesson.
Hyungshim J. (2008). Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol 100(4), 798-811. As reviewed by Dr Kathie F Nunley in her “Educator’s Newsletter mid-November 2008”. Subscribe for free at: http://help4teachers.com/newsletter.htm
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