How do I crack a highly competitive examination? First examine your motivation

In this post, I am taking a deviation from reading motivation to write about a very different topic that I had to address a group of parents in India last year. I was invited by my school’s principal to speak at the parent-teacher meeting. I had the task to address a large group of parentsContinue reading “How do I crack a highly competitive examination? First examine your motivation”

How do we motivate students to read? Part 2

In this blog post, I will elaborate on the application of the expectancy-value theory by Eccles and colleagues. This is a foundation theory in motivation and learning. I will describe this theory with the example of a reading intervention explained in the first part of this blog series. If you have not read part one,Continue reading “How do we motivate students to read? Part 2”