Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults

By M. Olson. 2010

387 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

ARE LEARNING STYLES INVALID? (HINT: NO!) * (2010, background): “If students are taught in a manner heavily mismatched with their learning styles, one might expect that their resulting discomfort would diminish their motivation to learn and hence the extent of their learning.(25) That expectation is borne out by the research cited above showing that students whos”
Motivating Factors for Adult Learners in Higher Education. (2014, background): “As explained by Wlodkowski (1999), “if we match two people of identical ability and give them identical opportunity and conditions to achieve, the motivated person will surpass the unmotivated person in performance and outcome” (pp. 3-4).”
The Effects of Teachers’ In-Class Motivational Intervention on Learners’ EFL Achievement (2016, background): “(2013) and confirms the large body of literature-based theoretical research that recognizes teacher behaviour as the most powerful means to motivate learners (e.g. Oxford and Shearian 1994; Wlodkowski 1999; Burden 2000; Dörnyei 2001; Brophy 2004).”