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The Best Way to Get Teens to Learn

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Getting kids interested in what they're learning is an age-old problem that continues to plague teachers and parents. Now, researchers from the University of Leuven in Belgium report in the March/April issue of the journal Child Development, that when teenagers understand that learning helps them attain an intrinsic goal (e.g., self-development, personal health, etc.), they are more likely to become interested in the topic and grasp its conceptual aspects than if they are motivated to learn only to attain extrinsic goals (e.g., financial success, physical attractiveness, etc.)

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The Best Ways to Raise a Reader

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Reading is the fundamental skill at the base of all learning, and students with strong reading skills tend to do better in school than those without the same skill set.

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