Increasing Student Motivation: Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers - Softcover

Theobald, Margaret A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412906237 ISBN 13: 9781412906234

Publisher: Corwin, 2005

Synopsis

Spark students' motivation to learn and succeed beyond the formal years of schooling!

Every student enrolled in school can learn; however, the capacity for learning varies among students. As a result of a two-decad

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About the Author

Margaret A. Theobald, Ed.D. has been at Southeast Missouri State University for the past twenty-four years and is a Professor in the Department of Middle and Secondary Education.  She was a teacher at the middle and high school levels for more than 15 years in both public and parochial schools in Illinois and Missouri.  She earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at Illinois State University with an emphasis on education at the middle level.  She has served in several positions with the Missouri Middle School Association and its executive board, including the offices of secretary and president.  Her research includes a statewide survey of middle-level practices and trends.  The Missouri Middle School Association published the results of this survey in its’ 1994 Missouri Middle Level Practices and Trends: A Resource Directory. She was also co-author for the 1995 publication, The Middle School Principal, Corwin Press.  She has made numerous presentations at both the state and national levels and has published several articles.  Her most recent research has been in the area of teaching strategies and student motivation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412906237
• ISBN 13: 9781412906234
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160