How to motivate students to learn?
IN his animated and engaging mainstage presentation at the SSAT National Conference 2015, Dr. Russ Quaglia unpacked recent research into student voice and aspirations. This research provided four stand-out statistics relating to the mindset of today’s students.
Throughout the final week of January we polled our followers on Twitter – asking for the correct answer to each of the following research-based questions:
- Students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if they believe they have a voice in school?
- Students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if they have self-worth?
- Students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if they are engaged in school?
- Students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if their teacher knows their hopes and dreams?
Answers on film
Polling was open 7.30-20.00 daily and at the end of each poll we posted a short film that featured the answer from Russ himself. Polling results and films from Russ are below.
Poll 1 – Students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if… they believe they have a voice in school?
Thirty-four percent of you answered correctly:
.@DrRussQ told #SSATNC15 how many times more motivated pupils were if they felt they had voice in schl. How many?
— SSAT (@ssat) January 25, 2016
Students are 7 times more likely to be motivated to learn if they believe they have a voice in school. Here’s Russ himself with the answer:
Poll 2 – Students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if… they have a sense of self-worth?
Fifty-three percent of you answered correctly:
2nd poll: @DrRussQ told #SSATNC15 how many times more motivated pupils are if they have self-worth. How many?
— SSAT (@ssat) January 26, 2016
Students are 5 times more likely to be motivated to learn if they believe they have a sense of self-worth. Here’s Russ himself with the answer:
Poll 3 – students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if… they are engaged in school?
A majority 30 percent thought students are 8 times more likely to be motivated to learn if they are engaged in school.
3rd poll: @DrRussQ told #SSATNC15 that engaged pupils were how many times more likely to be motivated to learn?
— SSAT (@ssat) January 27, 2016
Research suggests that the actual figure is double this – students are 16 times more likely to be motivated to learn if they are engaged in school. Once again, here’s Russ with more:
Poll 4 – students are how many times more likely to be motivated to learn if… teachers know their hopes and dreams
Fifty-five percent of you answered correctly:
4th poll: @DrRussQ told #SSATNC15 how many times more motivated students are if you know their hopes & dreams?
— SSAT (@ssat) January 28, 2016
Students are 18 times more likely to be motivated to learn if their teachers know their hopes and dreams. Here’s Russ with more:
Thank you to everyone who voted – we hope you’ve enjoyed the films.
