Successful Motivational Strategies and Teacher/Student Perceptions: Action Research (National University 2013) - Paperback

by Deanna Liedtke Poulsen (Author)

This research focused on teacher-perceived motivational strategies vs. student-perceived motivational abilities of the teacher. The subject of motivation and self-regulated learning in the school environment has been a subject for study in many research plans, but few studies actually detail the strategies used by successful teachers. This study focused on the strategies that had the greatest influence on successful students as measured by their test scores, and how well teachers perceived their own abilities. Did the successful teachers actually convey to their students the intended motivational strategies they consciously designed, or were the students motivated by other subliminal communications in effect by the teacher, i.e. certain personality or character traits? If so, character or personality traits held in common by successful teachers, or was it the unique combination of these traits that made each of the teachers successful? In addition, were the students conscious of these traits or did they merely respond to certain types of deliveries better that others without actually knowing why?