Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Student Motivation

STUDENT MOTIVATION1. Urge each chief state school officer to establish and/or continue regular processes for discussion with students about educational policies which affect them and steps to assure schools are motivating positively. This may include, also, setting recommendations for local school districts and school student advisory procedures. 2. Continue analysis of longitudinal data relating school conditions to “student connectedness” and academic achievement and recommend actions on the findings. 3. Continue analysis of the impact of the increasing number of

high stakes tests on student performance, drop out rates and motivation to achieve at higher levels with recommendations on findings. 4. Develop a set of indicators and associated materials to promote supportive and nurturing school environments which promote improved student achievement. 5. Undertake analysis of the ways teacher and staff preparation and professional development programs prepare personnel to understand the impact of student-adult relations and “connections” students have with their schools on student achievement. v Listening to Students on What Motivates Them—Students from the Anchorage, Alaska Region Discuss School “Turn Ons” and “Turn Offs” Karen Pittman, Merita Irby of the Inter- national Youth Foundation, and Alaskan High School Students, Summer Institute 1999, Girdwood, Alaska As one of the most well-regarded thinkers about constructing supportive environments for youth, Karen Pittman has developed nine principles of “full investment and full involvement” for American youth. One of the nine principles speaks directly to what schools must provide for “young people as recipients and as active agents in their own development and that of their communities and society.” Schools, school districts, and state education agencies can foster increased student motivation by developing processes for listening to student voices on...

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