Training and Professional Development

  • 5/11 Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

    These are opportunities for participants to comfortably share teaching concerns and discuss techniques and strategies with colleagues, experts, and CETL staff.  All sessions will take place in Rowe 319.  All UConn instructors —graduate students, TAs, and APIRs, as well as adjunct, tenure-track and tenured faculty—are encouraged to attend.

    Contact Suzanne LaFleur if you have questions or would like more information.

    Thursday, May 11        1:30 – 2:45        Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation

    At this session, participants will discuss topics like

    • Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

    • The role of choice in motivation

    • Engaging student passion as a means of motivation

    • The importance of the teacher/student relationship in motivating students

    • Challenge and reward

    • The reluctant learner

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    For more information, contact: Suzanne LaFleur at suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu