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Tileston, a former teacher and administrator who is currently associated with a consulting firm that provides services to schools, outlines practices for motivating students in grades K-12 that are based on understanding how the brain works. She discusses the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, the self-system thinking of the brain and its effect on motivation, and how to use this understanding to motivate students. She also addresses attitudes towards learning and provides a model for facilitating motivation. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Powerful, brain-friendly strategies for motivating, challenging, and celebrating your students!This second edition is filled with practices for motivating even the most at-risk and reluctant students. Informed by current research on the plasticity of the brain and new insights on the relationship between culture and student motivation, the book features an extended classroom example of motivational techniques in action and vocabulary pre- and post-tests for teachers and details how: Technology influences the brain and motivation Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are related to celebrations and rewards Specific strategies can motivate students to begin and finish a task Teachers can foster students' positive self-talk and on-task behaviors
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