Motivating Struggling Learners

Every day teachers face the challenge of motivating struggling learners. In this must-have book Barbara R. Blackburn author of the bestseller Rigor Is Not a Four-Letter Word shares how you can finally solve this problem and make your classroom a rigorous place where all students want to succeed. Youâll learn practical strategies for. understanding extrinsic and intrinsic motivation building a trusting relationship with students using praise and positive feedback effectively empowering students and helping them own their learning moving students toward a growth mindset communicating high expectations for students engaging all students in your lessons scaffolding so all students will want to improve helping students be resilient and not fear failure; and celebrating diverse groups of students Each chapter is filled with a variety of examples and tools that you can use immediately. Bonus: Many of the tools are also available as free eResources on our website www. routledge. com/9781138792432 so you can easily download and print them for classroom use. . Language: English