There are many reasons why students disengage in school. The tips here are not a panacea, but both research and teacher experience demonstrate that they can help.

In faculty conversations about teaching, student motivation comes up constantly: “This student is motivated,” “I hope they’re learning for the right reasons,” or “I want my students to be ...

Laurie L. Hazard has long been fascinated by what enables people to realize their potential. Her work is grounded in a deep curiosity about how motivation, mindset, and self-understanding can ...

Encouragement from adults—like teachers, school counselors, and parents—is crucial for motivating students in school, particularly classes that kids perceive as difficult, such as math and science.

In our daily life, we constantly find ourselves in various situations that have to be handled successfully to thrive in life. For this, there are plenty of interrelated processes going on in our heads ...

Earning a graduate degree is a huge personal accomplishment, requiring countless hours of hard work and careful planning. For online graduate students, this is especially true, since many of them ...

College students with disabilities have lower enrollment and completion rates than their peers without disabilities. But a new University of California, Davis, study found that some students make good ...

Born in Detroit and raised in Kentucky, Kahlilah Mitchell became a mother at 17, a turning point that sparked a deep ...