Motivating Students to Learn
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Sometimes teachers feel like all they are doing is pushing and pulling students to learn. Help them learn how to motivate students to learn. |
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Articles, Online:
- 3 Simple Steps To Motivating Kids
- Can the Candy ("The proliferation of bribes and gimmicks is a common scene in children's ministry today. But do the prizes and gimmicks affect children's hearts -- or only their behavior?")
- Cradle-Christian Kids
- Extrinsic Motivation: Using Rewards In Children’s Ministry
- How Children Are Motivated To Learn
- How to Motivate Adults to Learn
- Keys to Motivating Adults
- Making the Bible Irresistible for Kids
- Praise: A Way of Encouraging Students
Audio Recording:
- Creating Curiosity To Develop Interest In Learning by Barbara Platt at the 2005 Greater Chicago Sunday School Association Conference (#117 in the list, choose either audio tape or CD)
- Seven Categories of Consequences to Motivate Heart Change by Pamela Schoettler at the 2009 Northwest Christian Education Conference (#103 in the list, on CD or MP3; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
Worksheets:
- Help! My students don't want to be here! They don't want to learn! by Ministry Tools Resource Center
This worksheet can be done by the individual but it would also be good to do with a partner or in a group setting wherein the questions are discussed. It could even be used as a series. You would use one of the five points per meeting.
- Motivating Students to Believe ... and act on what they believe by Ministry Tools Resource Center
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