CUNY Academic Commons

What are your thoughts on the sentiment that some students bring motivation with them into their learning & some do not; where does the responsibility lie when it comes to student motivation? What is the relationship between student engagement & student motivation?

I think those of us with a few years’ experience in the classroom have definitely…[Read more]

“Failure is a greater teacher than success.”

While I agree with the quote in theory, I think in practice it is actually a difficult adage to live by. I am speaking from the position of both a professor and a parent of teenagers. At work, I think a lot of students probably deserve to fail and learn from their mistakes, but practically I do not…[Read more]