Motivation and styles of learning.

Motivation and styles of learning have been proven to affect success in school. However, each individual brings her or his own strengths, weaknesses, preferences, gender and learning style to the classroom. In this light, this essay will discuss the many factors that influence motivation and accommodate different learning styles. A co-operative learning strategy can be used to emphasise co-operation rather than competition in learning. This strategy involves joint participation by all members of a group …

…be associated with parental and societal standards that influence the child's efforts and beliefs. It appears that most adolescent achievement and motivation is influenced by socio-cultural factors that influence adolescent career choice, parents, schools, gender and ethnicity. Perhaps by investing in the adolescent juncture of achievement we are investing in our future society. For, if these adolescents learn the psychological and motivational factors necessary to succeed, we all succeed. References Santrock, J. (1998). Adolescence. USA: McGaw-Hill.