In this forum, we will discuss the current state of student motivation and engagement in our schools. By reviewing the research, we’ll aim to answer critical questions such as what exactly motivates ...

Behavior rarely fails because people don’t care. It fails because the system quietly makes the right behavior too hard to ...

Research backs up the idea of “New year, new me.” In a 2014 paper, organizational psychologists introduced the idea of the “fresh start effect,” referring to a period of increased motivation at the ...

If you have ever beaten yourself up for “not being motivated enough,” science has a surprising message for you. According to motivation scientist and University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach, ...

As 2024 approaches, roughly a third of American adults plan to make New Year’s resolutions, according to a recent public poll conducted by YouGov, an international online research group. Yet these ...

How do we motivate those under our care to do what’s in their best interest? This is a question many of us—who are supervisors, parents, teachers, coaches, or other kinds of care providers— regularly ...

Researchers from multiple countries have noted a critical challenge in early childhood education: children often develop negative perceptions of science as "difficult" before they even reach primary ...

Motivation and I have always had a complicated relationship. If motivation were a person, it would be that friend who shows up with a lot of energy and insists that we do all the work that we need to ...