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Brophy, Jere – 1986
Written for teachers, this paper reviews basic concepts and issues relating to the topic of student motivation in the classroom and suggests strategies for teachers to use in motivating their students. The paper identifies four essential preconditions that must be in place if teachers are to motivate effectively and then provides descriptions and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
Brophy, Jere – Educational Psychologist, 2008
This article elaborates a presentation made upon reception of the E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award in Educational Psychology from Division 15 of the American Psychological Association. It considers how value aspects of motivation apply to efforts to develop students' appreciation for school learning. Currently, we have only limited…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Psychology, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Brophy, Jere; Kher, Neelam – 1985
This paper describes conceptualization and research on student motivation to learn, which is treated as the ideal motivational state for students in classroom settings and defined as the tendency of students to engage in academic activities with the intention of trying to get the intended academic benefits (knowledge and skills). Student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Positive Reinforcement
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Brophy, Jere; Alleman, Janet – Social Education, 1998
Offers suggestions for teachers who are interested in constructivist principles, but concerned about the classroom management required to accompany creative teaching. Outlines some procedures for achieving this goal. Includes an extensive list of student activities that can assist classroom-management efforts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning)
Brophy, Jere; Rohrkemper, Mary – 1989
Experienced elementary teachers (N=98) described their general strategies for coping with perfectionist students told how they would handle incidents depicted in two vignettes portraying problems of perfectionism at school. Most of the teachers were oriented toward sympathetic responses featuring support, encouragement, assistance, and attempts at…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Elementary Education
Alleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – 1991
This occasional paper views homework as an opportunity to exploit the potential of outside resources and environments to complement in-school learning opportunities. Out-of-school learning opportunities are considered in the context of principles for planning and implementing learning activities. These principles involve: (1) goal relevance,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Attitude Change, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Alleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – 1992
College students reported memorable social studies activities that they had experienced in kindergarten through grade eight by describing both the activities themselves and what they learned from those activities. These memories were coded for subject matter, type of activity, and learning outcomes. The responses reflected the influence of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Curriculum Research, Educational Objectives
Brophy, Jere – 1996
Perfectionist students are not satisfied with merely doing well or even with doing better than their peers. They are satisfied only if they have done a job perfectly. Problems associated with forms of perfectionism that focus on seeking success are relatively minor, but problems associated with forms of perfectionism that focus on avoiding failure…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Failure, Achievement Need, Attitude Change
Brophy, Jere – 1997
Perfectionist students are not satisfied with merely doing well or even with doing better than their peers. They are satisfied only if they have done a job perfectly. Problems associated with forms of perfectionism that focus on seeking success are relatively minor, but problems associated with forms of perfectionism that focus on avoiding failure…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Failure, Achievement Need, Attitude Change
Brophy, Jere; VanSledright, Bruce – 1995
This paper summarizes and discusses the findings from interviews of 10 fifth graders conducted before and after each of their six U.S. history units. Special reference is made to potential curricular and instructional implications from the findings. The 10 students began the year with little historical knowledge and they displayed numerous…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Grade 5, History Instruction
Brophy, Jere – 1998
This paper summarizes responses of students in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, 4, and 5 to questions about Native Americans. The paper draws on findings from two studies, both done in a suburban school system deemed "average" on a variety of educational and socioeconomic indicators. In each study, samples of students stratified by gender…
Descriptors: Action Research, American Indian History, American Indians, Curriculum Development
Brophy, Jere; Alleman, Janet – 1999
This paper summarizes responses of students in grades K-3 to questions about Native Americans. The paper draws on findings from two studies, both done in a suburban school system deemed "average" on a variety of educational and socioeconomic indicators. In each study, samples of students stratified by gender and achievement level were…
Descriptors: Action Research, American Indian History, American Indians, Curriculum Development
Brophy, Jere; And Others – 1992
The study that is the subject of this document focused on how fifth-graders' knowledge and thinking about the westward expansion of the pre-Civil War United States was affected by students' participation in a curriculum unit on the topic. A stratified sample of 10 students was interviewed before and after they participated in the unit to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Civil War (United States), Curriculum Research, Grade 5
Brophy, Jere; And Others – 1991
In most elementary schools in the United States, students get their first systematic introduction to history as a discipline and to chronological treatment of U.S. history as subject matter in fifth-grade U.S. history courses. To develop information about the knowledge and misconceptions concerning U.S. history that fifth-grade teachers can expect…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Grade 5, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades