March 10, 2026

What Really Drives Student Motivation?

What Really Drives Student Motivation?
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Episode 125 — What Really Drives Student Motivation?

Goal: The goal of this episode is to understand what fuels student motivation in your upper elementary literacy classroom. 

We talk about:

 1.What really fuels student motivation. 

2. Recap of chapter 7 of Smart Teaching Stronger Learning 

3. Strategies that you can implement in your classroom today. 

Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:

Episodes 110, 111, 112, 113 and 114

Episode 120 

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