A recently published study from the University of Georgia found that students who want to master course content are more ...

Teachers play a critical role in motivating students and in identifying barriers to learning. The EdWeek Research Center surveyed middle and high school teachers as well as teenage students to learn ...

Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by ...

A new study brings together two schools of thought on the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine: one saying that dopamine provides a learning signal, the other saying that dopamine drives ...

Emotion and motivation are central constructs in educational psychology, exerting a profound influence on the processes and outcomes of foreign language ...

“What could your teachers do to help you feel more motivated to do your best in school?” That was the question recently put to more than 1,000 students, ages 13-19, by the EdWeek Research Center.

Motivation generally refers to driving forces within individuals that arouse, maintain, and direct human actions toward engagement and disengagement (Heckhausen & Heckhausen, 2008). It is frequently ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that ...