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The motivation breakthrough : 6 secrets to turning on the tuned-out child / Richard Lavoie.

Lavoie, Richard D. (Author).

Summary:

A guide for parents, educators, and caregivers on how to inspire unmotivated children identifies teaching strategies that can be applied to a variety of personality types, in a resource that explains how adults can become healthy and work-oriented role models.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0743289609
  • ISBN: 0743289617
  • ISBN: 9780743289603
  • ISBN: 9780743289610
  • Physical Description: xix, 395 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st Touchstone edition
  • Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-379) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I Understanding and Fostering Student Motivation -- 1 Student Motivation: What It Is and What It Is Not 3 -- 2 Motivating Classroom 51 -- 3 One Size Does Not Fit All: The Eight Forces of Motivation 97 -- 4 Child Motivated by Praise 117 -- 5 Child Motivated by Power 141 -- 6 Child Motivated by Projects 173 -- 7 Child Motivated by Prestige 187 -- 8 Child Motivated by Prizes 209 -- 9 People-Oriented Child 229 -- 10 Implementing the 6 P's in the Classroom 251 -- Part II It Takes a Village to Motivate a Child -- 11 Role of the Parent in Student Motivation 259 -- 12 Parent's Involvement in Academic Issues 287 -- 13 Explaining Learning Disabilities to Your Child 309 -- 14 Household Chores and Work Ethic 321 -- 15 Teacher's Role in Facilitating Parental Involvement 331 -- 16 What Does Madison Avenue Know...That Maple Street Elementary School Doesn't? 343.
Subject:
Achievement motivation in children.
Learning, Psychology of.
Motivation in education.

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