The motivated brain
Subtitle: improving student attention, engagement, and perseverance
By: Gayle Gregory, Martha Kaufeldt
Contributors: Kaufeldt, Martha, 1954- author
Publisher: ASCD
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781416620488; 9781416620549
Subjects: Motivation in education; Psychology of Learning; Learning; Physiological aspects; Motivationstraining; Schüler; Lernmotivation
Description: What really motivates students to learn? What gets them interested&#x2014;and keeps them interested&#x2014;in pursuing knowledge and understanding? Recent neuroscientific findings have uncovered the source of our motivation to learn, or as neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp terms it, the drive to seek. Seeking is what gets us out of bed in the morning, the engine that powers our actions, and the need that manifests as curiosity.  Informed by new findings on the nature of the brain's seeking system, internationally renowned educators Gayle Gregory and Martha Kaufeldt have identified key brain-friendly strategies for improving student motivation, knowledge acquisition, retention, and academic success.  The Motivated Brain shows teachers how to harness the power of their students' intrinsic motivation to make learning fun, engaging, and meaningful. -- Provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Understanding Motivation; title: Chapter 1. The Challenge of Motivating Students; title: Chapter 2. The Science of Motivation: The SEEKING System; title: Part II: SEEKING in the Classroom: A Framework for Motivation; title: Chapter 3. Exploratory Investigations: Level 1; title: The Need to SEEK; title: Chapter 4. Learning and Anticipation: Level 2; title: SEEKING and Making Connections; title: Chapter 5. Imagination and Synthesis: Level 3; title: Applying Higher Cognitive Processing; title: Part III: Bringing It All Together: Engaging the SEEKING System; title: Chapter 6. Leveraging the SEEKING System to Maximize Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance.