Student Motivation Nation

Student Motivation Nation

Podcast by Melissa Fuesting

Episodes

SMN 001: Applying School to Everyday Life

February 4, 2018 • 7 mins
In this episode, learn how (and why) to show your students how things they're learning in school apply to their day-to-day lives.
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SMN 002: Showing How a Topic Lays a Foundation

February 4, 2018 • 6 mins
In this episode, learn how (and why) to teach how learning about a particular topic helps lay the foundation for students to continue in the class or their education.
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SMN 003: Connecting School to Careers

February 4, 2018 • 7 mins
In this episode, learn how (and why) to teach how course material, or the skills learned in the course, may be relevant to your students' future careers.
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SMN 004: Letting Students Make Their Own "Why"

February 4, 2018 • 7 mins
In this episode, learn how (and why) to give students the time to come up with their own "why" for learning in order to get them more interested and motivated in class!
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SMN 005: The Pitfalls of Performance Goals

February 4, 2018 • 10 mins
The podcast devotes this month (episodes 005 – 008) to discussing how the goals your students adopt for their learning can affect their interest and motivation in class. In this episode, we discuss the detrimental effects of performance goals, or the desire to work on academic tasks in order to do better than other students or to avoid doing worse than other students. We also give you teaching tricks to avoid encouraging your stude...
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SMN 006: Foster Learning Goals with These Evaluation Strategies

February 4, 2018 • 9 mins
The podcast devotes this month (episodes 005 – 008) to discussing how the goals your students adopt for their learning can affect their interest and motivation in class. In this episode, we discuss how learning goals can help foster student interest and motivation. Learning goals are the desire to work at class tasks for the purpose of learning or understanding course material. This episode gives teaching tweaks to your evaluation ...
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SMN 007: Encouraging Learning Goals with Class Tasks

February 4, 2018 • 11 mins
The podcast devotes this month (episodes 005 – 008) to discussing how the goals your students adopt for their learning can affect their interest and motivation in class. In this episode, we discuss how learning goals can help students experience positive emotions and less boredom in the classroom. Learning goals are the desire to work at class tasks for the purpose of learning or understanding course material. This episode gives te...
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SMN 008: Teacher-Communicated Learning Goals

February 4, 2018 • 8 mins
The podcast devotes this month (episodes 005 – 008) to discussing how the goals your students adopt for their learning can affect their interest and motivation in class. In this episode, we discuss how learning goals can help support student motivation and interest. Students who adopt learning goals do their work in order to learn and understand course material. This episode teaches you the most effective ways to communicate to you...
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SMN 009: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

February 4, 2018 • 10 mins
In this episode, learn about the different kinds of motivation and why all motivation is not created equal. Learn a quick way to support your students' intrinsic and internal motivation.
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SMN 010: Relatedness and Belonging

February 4, 2018 • 6 mins
In this episode, learn how to support your students' intrinsic motivation by supporting their need to belong.
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SMN 011: Competence and Self-Efficacy

February 4, 2018 • 8 mins
In this episode, learn how to support your students' intrinsic motivation by supporting their needs for competence and self-efficacy.
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SMN 012: Autonomy

February 4, 2018 • 12 mins
In this episode, learn how to support your students' intrinsic motivation by supporting their feelings of autonomy or choice in the classroom.
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