New study of faculty motivation for teaching says certain kinds of motivation -- intrinsic and believing that teaching is important -- are linked to use of best teaching practices, across institution ...

1. Never Give up If you started your study plan this year with a goal of studying during every hour of free time you had available, your motivation is going to wane. Going from no study at all, to ...

Struggling to find motivation for work or study is a universal experience, but for many people there is little thought given to the reason behind a dip in enthusiasm. A Canterbury scientist is ...

A new Icelandic study finds men score slightly higher than women in passion for achievement and self-efficacy, while both ...

Titled “Students’ Motivation for Standardized Math Exams,” the article examines how individual differences in motivation and psychological processing affect performance on high-stakes math ...

What is it that makes us feel good about ourselves? And what motivates us to do something, regardless of whether it is important or not?

Working a nontraditional schedule, and checking in at all hours of the day, night and weekends, is not necessarily beneficial for the 21st-century workforce, according to new research.