I appreciated your post “The Second-Book Problem,” as it describes (more accurately than I care to admit) the situation I’m in. My first book was published in September 2020. It was nonfiction. There ...
Given how fraught writing for publication can be, it’s understandable for faculty to perceive the process as dehumanizing. Even soul-crunching, as one of our colleagues lamented. College and ...
Who are they? Who are those people huddled around the large round table, shuffling papers, at Portsmouth’s Book and Bar? When the shuffling stops, the reading begins. Here gathers a group of people ...
San Diegan Susan Fowler has worked for more than 30 years as a leadership researcher, consultant and coach. She’s not much of a fan of the traditional carrot-and ...
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Recent scholarly efforts have advanced our understanding of writing instruction by examining both the cognitive and motivational dimensions that underpin student development. Research in this area has ...
Intrinsic motivation is when you are motivated by personal satisfaction or enjoyment instead of external factors like reward or punishment. There are ways to make tasks more intrinsically motivating.