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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2011
      July 1997
      ISBN:
      9780511840043
      9780521553537
      9780521556798
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511840043
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.625kg, 332 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.499kg, 332 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Educational Psychology
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    Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Educational Psychology
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    This book introduces the basic principles of motivation as they apply to classroom learning and management in a readable, non-technical form. Covington argues against the popular notion that the problems existing in schools today stem primarily from a lack of student motivation. Instead, he asserts that students are motivated, sometimes even overly motivated, but often for the wrong reasons. Traditional teaching methods, including conventional grading procedures and an emphasis on competition, can contribute to student demoralization, and Covington identifies the ways in which students respond to misguided incentives. For some students, motivation is directed at avoiding failure by avoiding participation. For others, demoralization leads to withdrawal from an educational system that they believe to be irrelevant to their lives. Still other students are driven to prove their worth by outperforming fellow students. The book suggests practical, concrete ways that teachers can use classroom incentives to inspire a desire to learn.

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