'Motivate 2' photo (c) 2011, Ted Eytan - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Here are some new resources on student motivation.

I’ll be adding this post to The Best Posts & Articles On “Motivating” Students:

14 Videos for Starting Dialogue on Rethinking Rewards, Awards is a must-see post from Chri Wejr.

Sandy Millin has a good post titled Motivation Stations (including student hand-outs) that is specifically geared to motivation for learning a second language.

When 3+1 is more than 4 is Harvard report on a new study that reinforces previous research findings that rewards only “work” if they are unexpected gifts.