Student Motivation
A few researchers have pointed out that if you can properly motivate students, you can increase educational efficiency on the order of 50%.
Our top educational leaders pay little attention to student motivation when they design educational reform programs, with one exception. They motivate by putting pressure on students to pass tests. There is nothing wrong with pressure. It is used everywhere to achieve results. But it should be used intelligently and should not be overused. Our educational leaders should become experts on student motivation and build features into national programs that help motivate students in every way possible. They need a “Guide to Student Motivation - Principles You Can Trust - for Educational Leaders, Researchers, and Teachers.”
What we need now is pressure or other motivation on our top educational leaders to do more to motivate students to learn.
