While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.

The Vulcan Materials Academic Success Center, located on the second floor of Sterne Library, is open to all students, ...

People have intrinsic motivators (the level of enjoyment of the activities related to the goal). Research suggests that extrinsic motivation influences adoption of a goal. Research also suggests that ...

In this study, the authors investigate the relationships among gender, math skills, motivation, and study success in economics and econometrics. They find that female students have stronger intrinsic ...

Most of us keep waiting for motivation before starting any task, but this only leads to procrastination. According to Harvard ...

That’s the key to success, according to a new study from the University of Essex, which was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers found that hope, positive ...

What should teachers do to help their students succeed? That was a central question that journalist Paul Tough was trying to answer when he came across an innovative study in 2013. Written by ...