Motivating Learners

Websites
A to Z Teacher Stuff - Tips -- offers many ideas about things to do to motivate students -- the "motivating students" section has feedback from teachers about what really works in their classrooms.

Engaging the Disengaged -- research about why some students are immersed in learning while others are not.

Books and Articles
Bedient, D. & Scolari, J. 2003. Classroom Practice: Motivating Learners with the Unusual: Thinking from 'Inside' the Box. Phi Delta Kappan, March.

Rathvon, N. 1996. The Unmotivated Child. Fireside Publishers.

Scieszka, J. 2003. Guys and Reading (Motivating Male Students to Read). Teacher Librarian, February.