Description
Motivating an underachieving gifted student can be tough. Many students have learned habits of underachievement over time and need help developing an intrinsic sense of motivation. This 1-hour course will help you connect with your gifted students and help them modify their underachieving behavior in a positive way. Alesha Haybin, the Coordinator of Gifted Services at the Licking County ESC, will guide you through practical strategies to motivate disengaged, disinterested, or underachieving students in your classroom.
In this 1-hour course you will:
- Gain a basic understanding of behavior modification as it relates to motivation
- Define motivation and evaluate how classroom structures support or hinder motivation in students
- Explore the roots of underachievement
- Learn practical strategies to increase student motivation
This course adresses the following standards:
NAGC Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
ODE Competencies d, e
Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Lawrence – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Andrea – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and helpful especially because I have many students who these ideas could help me to reach. The strategies are also very approachable and doable, so they don’t feel unattainable and overwhelming.
Frances – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Brenda – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and new ideas for helping motivate students.
DAN – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic
Crystal – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Very informative.
Peggy – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I don’t feel that much new information was given here.
Jose Alfredo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Joann – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Susana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great training about getting to the root of an underachiever and how to shift their intrinsic motivation.
Rogelio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interested?
Hilda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Jean – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the reminders about how fear of not being successful can make a very bright child struggle.
Sylvia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the different strategies shared to motivate students in order to excel.
Mandi – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Ryan – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Some of the information I have heard before, but the course was great in reminding me of how to motivate students as well as providing examples of motivating tools I had not necessarily seen before.
Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies to motivate struggling students.
Tammie – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
Good info
Beth – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great reminder of how to motivate students. We sometimes forget.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is important to take a course like this one.
Mitzi – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed it
Larry – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great Program.
Jacquelyn – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
good program
Laurent – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information and presentation.
Jose – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
LeaAnn – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Kay – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –
I like the course because it is appropriate for all grade levels.
Nicodemus – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative on explaining the importance of the emotional part of education. We as educators need to use these resources to help students be successful.
Max – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
reinforces its all about relationships in ones life.
Cristina – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This presentation was very interesting.
Gregory – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I thought that looking for the reasons a student may not be motivated was very helpful.
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome strategies…
maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Hilda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very good
aimee – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
Helpful information that I can use right now!
Cordelia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful information on how to motivate a student.
Nancye – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Selina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic ideas!
Jeannette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting and I learned a lot of new ways to motivate my students.
Valerie – RIDGEDALE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a good course that gave a basic lesson on behavior modification, specifically geared towards motivating underachieving students. Good for any grade level.
Cindy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Gilda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
nice
Alberto – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Offers great ideas to motivate students
Vicki – BEAVERCREEK CITY (verified owner) –
I thought it made very valid points about the importance of relationships with learning.
Jennifer – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course!
Chuck – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
This course had some great strategies.
Jeremy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Interesting.