What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Motivation

by Donna Walker Tileston

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  

136 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2003

Reviews

[Amanda Schreiber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quick easy read but more theory than practical application you can instantly use in your classroom. Published in 2010- so not the most recent research or ideas. Reminded me of u undergraduate reading - dustbin learn a lot of new information as Ive taken other classes on feedback & read more recent books on motivation.

This text was reading for a professional development class.

[Susan Norton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Needs serious editing and updating. Lots of mistakes, websites that no longer exist, language that now feels dated and dusty.
There are good ideas, but they are not new to anyone who paid attention in Ed Psych classes.

[Jessica Tippett · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book for a class and it needs serious updating, especially since teaching after the pandemic is so different. Much of the research is out of date (20+ years) and gave the implication that if you do all the things listed in the book, you’ll be an amazing teacher.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this for a class. It's outdated, repetitive and not very helpful. Things weren't clearly explained and the practical application of any of this is laughable.

[Anna Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 some parts were good tips

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for an online class, and I definitely would not have read it if not for the class. I feel like things weren't explained very clearly at all. There was some brain research, but not enough information to make it really interesting. And there were some practical applications, but not any that I am excited to start using in my classroom. I also think some of the advice given was very theoretical and would not necessarily work or be realistic to implement in my classroom. It was a quick read, though.. That's a good thing!

[Maggie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Literally one of the worst books I've ever been assigned to read in class. Completely unhelpful, obvious, common sense information. Insulting to my intelligence. It is a regurgitation of old information, and reads like an amateur paper. How this author is still writing these texts, I have no idea.

[Sidney · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book covers the vocabulary of motivation and somewhat develops ways to increase the probability that students self-system, the gate keeper to motivation, can be improved. The suggestions are good teaching strategies, and I was disappointed to not come across new strategies.

[Patricia]

Seemed to be a good book, but I lost interest in learning more about student motivation. (Hah!)