These questions reflect recent research on human learning, but they do not suggest a formula you can follow to achieve success. No recipe will always work. It depends on your students, on you, on your discipline, on what you hope the students will be able to do intellectually, physically, or emotionally as a result of your instruction, and perhaps on other factors as well. Hopefully, you will find at least some of these questions helpful. They come to me from a variety of people who have viewed themselves teaching, and who have shared with me the questions they asked themselves.
People learn by trying to solve problems.
You can motivate learning by defining the problem, framing the question in a way that intrigues and puzzles and compels. Listen to your answers carefully. This web site is always under construction.