Students generally feel less anxious and more excited to explore concepts when they connect the math they’re learning to real-life situations.

Maria Wiman är grundskollärare i SO-ämnen och svenska, författare och krönikör i Läraren. Nu har hon skrivit en ny bok - "Handbok i värdeskapande lärande".

Educators benefit from resiliency - as do students - write Sean Slade and Alyssa Gallagher, co-heads of education, North America, for BTS Spark. In this commentary, they share how honing social competence, autonomy and sense of meaning and purpose build resiliency as well as help educators navigate uncertain times.

For students who have internalized a message that they’re destined to fail, promoting realistic optimism can be game-changing.

For many of these students, physical education activities can be difficult. Personalized stories that cast them as their favorite hero may motivate them to persevere.

På Hermodsdalsskolan inspirerar äldre elever de yngre eleverna till att plugga matte. Här får drivna högstadieelever ta över femteklassarnas undervisning – en utmaning som stärker deras självförtroende och skapar positiva matematikförebilder på skolan.

A team of Canadian and Australian researchers decided to take a scientific approach and comb through classroom studies across the world on sparking student motivation. They found 144 studies involving nearly 80,000 students, from elementary school through university.

When students get to make decisions about their learning, it can be powerfully motivating.

Vad händer med barnens motivation i matematik när de lämnar lågstadiet? I det världsunika forskningsprojektet MathMot kommer barn från minst 300 skolor i sex länder att följas från trean till femman. Ett forskarteam från Högskolan väst deltar för Sveriges räkning.

In a digital society threatened by various disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic, lifelong learning attitudes have become even more crucial in fostering the resilience and adaptation of youngsters., writes Andreas Schleicher, OECD.