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