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I am a first-generation college student. Two generations of my family worked extremely hard to get me to college. I remember watching my grandmother study every night at the kitchen table to earn her ...

Motivational design in educational environments encompasses the deliberate structuring of instructional materials, learning activities and social contexts to foster learners’ engagement, persistence ...

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Motivational dynamics encompass the processes through which learners’ drive to engage, persist and achieve emerges, unfolds and adapts within educational settings. Central to this field is the ...

Kayla McClellan, a 32-year-old Missouri teacher, was expelled from Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Middle School at the age of 13 for poor grades and disruptive behaviour.