--Help students to set realistic goals.of choice.Learning provides enough Failure to attain unrealistic goals difficulties without teachers going can become a source of continuing out of their way to create more. disappointment and frustration. --Active participation on the part CONSIDER THE ADVANTAGES OF THE of the students enhances their "DISCOVERY"METHOD interest and learning. --Use the students'curiosity.Pose --Take a variety of roles from active questions.Encourage them to suggest direction to reflective support. approaches to a problem,to guess the results of an experiment,to --Provide a good model for the students propose a theory to explain empirical to imitate be human! findings. The conclusions which emerge are: --Stress understanding more than (1)Motivation is a significant facts.The students will remember variable in a student's readiness and better. willingness to learn;(2)Students are curious and do have a sincere desire --Encourage students'initiative by to know and understand;(3)These leaving gaps for them to fill in, assets can be capitalized upon if the but draw their attention to the gaps learning situation provides for and explain why you are leaving them. successful accomplishments at a fairly consistent rate;and (4)Good teachers --Don't use excessive direction or can do much to create an atmosphere you may simply get blind conformance, where learning will be more efficient or defiance.Provide some direction by stimulating student commitment and and structure,however,or you may motivation. simply frustrate the students. --Help the students to evaluate their REFERENCES own progress.Encourage them to critique their own work,to analyze Cashin,W.E.Perrin,B.M.IDEA their strengths and weaknesses. technical report no.4:Description Ultimately,we want the students to of IDEA standard form data base. learn how to learn as well as master Manhattan,KS:Center for Faculty content and skills for the final exam. Evaluation and Development,1978. USE TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS Clegg,V.L.Teaching behaviors which stimulate student motivation to learn. --If there is to be "learning",the Unpublished doctoral dissertation, students will need to be involved. Knasas State University,1979. Keep the channels of communication open.Try to understand what students Ericksen,S.C.Motivation for learning: are saying,and check with them to be A guide for the teacher of the young sure you are correct. adult.Ann Arbor:University of Michigan Press,1974. --The students'feelings about the teacher can be a significant help or Frymier,J.R.Motivation is what it's hinderance to learning.Although all about.Motivation Quarterly, college students need to learn how 1970,1,1-3. to learn from professors they dislike (just as adults have to work with Owens,R.E.How important is motivation people they dislike),fostering the in college learning?KSU Teaching students'dislike is not the strategy Notes,1972,2,2-3. 5979-8876-588-5M