Helping Students Motivate Themselves

Part 1 Classroom Culture; question1 How Do You Motivate Students?; question2 How Can You Help Students See the Importantance of Personal Responsibility?; question3 How Do You Deal With a Student Who Is Being Disruptive in Class?; question4 How Do You Regain Control of an Outof-Control Class?; question5 How Do You Help Students See Problems as Opportunities, Not Frustrations?; question6 What Are Some Ways You Can Get the Year Off to a Good Start?; question7 What Can You Do to Help Keep Your Students—and Yourself—Focused at the End of the School Year?; Part 2 Classroom Instruction; question8 What Are the Best Things You Can Do to Maximize the Chances of a Lesson Being Successful?; question9 *Portions of this chapter originally appeared in Teacher Magazine (2009); question10 How Can You Help Students Develop Higher-Order Thinking Skills?; question11 What Are the Best Ways to Incorporate Cooperative Learning in Your Lessons?; question12 What Are the Easiest Ways to Use Educational Technology in the Classroom?; question13 *Portions of this chapter were previously published in English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work. Copyright ©2010 by ABC-CLIO, LLC, reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC, and in Language Magazine (December, 2006), reprinted with permission;