motivation (psychology)

Sixth grade teacher Donalyn Miller describes the instructional approach she uses to turn children into readers, based on a combination of individual choice, a program of independent reading, a collection of high-interest books, and appropriate and authentic reading behavior modeling.

Presents activities for students in grades six through twelve that are specifically designed to create an engaging learning environment and foster students' aspirations.

Draws on research into human motivation to provide advice on how to turn optimism into opportunity to achieve dreams by using mental contrasting, focusing on dreams while also visualizing obstacles that stand in the way of realizing those dreams.

"A heartfelt novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman in Georgia with stage four breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a "replacement wife" for her husband before she passes away" --.

Provides twenty one lessons on how to be a great teammate and also includes twenty-one exercises on how to build a great team.

Details how two distinct approaches to pleasure and pain--promotion- and prevention-focused--offer insight into how to motivate and influence others, and describes how to both change focus and use focus to achieve specific results.

Learn how to achieve your goals with eight simple steps.

Provides the strategies needed to effectively manage a classroom, discussing inspiring students to behave, improving listening and attentiveness, speaking with power and influence, and more.

Presents an accessible aproach to tackling goals for teenage girls using a step-by-step method.

A little blue engine comes to the rescue of a train that is loaded with toys, dolls, and good things to eat, but cannot get over the mountains to deliver the cargo to waiting children.