MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS

Motivational Factors

Motivational Factors

For decades studies have shown that college students learn more when they direct their efforts to a variety of educationally purposeful activities. Research also suggests that the engaged behavior of students with disabilities is the single best predictor of academic gains. High motivation and engagement in learning have consistently been linked to reduced dropout rates and increased levels of student success. Thus? if general education classrooms promote the active engagement of students with disabilities? it would be expected that academic achievement would also be improved. Kuh suggests that the very act of being engaged adds to the foundation ...