Every teacher knows that getting our students excited about learning is not always easy. There are, however, some successful ways to engage learners and raise their excitement levels. Elena Aguilar describes one such approach in the article, Do Your Final Projects Challenge and Motivate Students? | Edutopia. Give students a clear goal, a practical way to express what they have learned, and you will encourage learning. Aguilar describes how “dangling” the final project in front of the students actually lures them into the learning process. For the students, “the purpose of learning discrete skills” becomes apparent. “They see how the learning will be applied, they know that there’ll be an audience at the end, and they anticipate the fun.”
