otiuationhas been defined as anything that gives direction and intensity to human behavior (Sprague, 1995: Tomlinson, 1995. There are many kinds of motives-power. affiliation. achievement. economic. social, and so on-but in this article the focus is limited to students' motivation to learn.Prospective and practicing educators, particularly principals and teachers, seem to look continually for literature that summarizes essential motivation strategies to enhance their own and others' classroom effectiveness. Their search. unfortunately, most frequently results in disappointment. There are numerous articles on motivation. but most deal with theories and research about one, or at most two or three, factors affecting motivation, such as anxiety, perseverance, corrective feedback, and so on.
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