What Underachieving
Middle School Students
Believe Motivates them to Learn
Middle School Students
Believe Motivates them to Learn
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Middle School Students Believe Motivates them to Learn |
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Chapter 1: The Challenge
to Educate Everyone
Chapter 2: A Review of Literature Chapter 3: Methods Chapter 4: The Results Chapter 5: Discussion |
Chapter I: The Challenge to Educate Everyone American public education faces a difficult challenge: educating every youth in the country. In the face of this challenge there are many children who are undermotivated, disengaged, and underachieving. One of the most persistent questions facing individual teachers is, "How do I motivate all children to learn?" Both teachers and students are frustrated and disillusioned. Teachers are challenged daily by students who don’t seem interested in learning. Teachers struggle with discipline issues, and with meeting the needs of students at widely differing ability/achievement levels. Students are discouraged, told they must learn material they don’t perceive as applicable to their lives, bored, and starting to believe that they are failures or stupid. Many are labeled at-risk, learning disabled, underachieving, or simply trouble. This study adds to the discussion of educating all children by focusing on what underachieving students believe motivates them to learn. This chapter begins by offering a discussion of the problem, then explores the research question, and ends with an overview of the study. |
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