Sentences with phrase «academic competitions motivate»

In «Game Plan for Learning,» Greg Toppo writes about how academic competitions motivate students.

In «Game Plan for Learning: Building on Coleman's early theories, new academic competitions motivate students to achieve,» USA Today's Greg Toppo revisits James S. Coleman's oft - forgotten findings on teen culture, exploring how educators today can use academic competition to foster engagement, motivation, and student achievement.

«Game Plan for Learning: Building on Coleman's early theories, new academic competitions motivate students to achieve» will be available Wednesday, January 20 on educationnext.org and will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next, on newsstands by March 1.

Not exact matches

Academic PB goals are effective because they maintain the energising properties of competition (because a student competes with him / herself), they reduce the counterproductive effects of excessive comparison with others, they motivate the student to close the gap between where they are now and where they want to be, and they are accessible to all students (whereas only one student can top the class, potentially all students can achieve a PB goal).

New academic games motivate students to achieve Coleman's early theories on competition increase student engagement

School officials say rank increases an unhealthy competition among highly motivated students who tend to take courses most likely to boost their academic standing.