Challenges for Motivating Students

Abstract

Students face challenges daily, but adding educational goals to the mix can become overwhelming and daunting for some students, mainly if they are motivated to succeed. When the pandemic occurred, teachers and students scrabbled to ensure that education continued and that learning would happen in a viable format for students and instructors. One of the educators' many challenges was working through different technology options and aligning them with various theories to manage ongoing success while ensuring students are motivated and can be successful in a nontraditional environment. This chapter discusses the importance of motivational theory, the theorists who contributed to it, and the contributions theorists made to establish the theories. It is essential to understand why motivational challenges exist and how instructors, administrators, and instructional designers must work together to ensure they can meet them for student success.