ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses an aspect of Self-Regulated Learning that tends to be of great interest to most teachers - student motivation. It provides an overview of motivation and its importance in school contexts. The chapter focuses on five types of motivation beliefs that are self-efficacy beliefs, interest, value or instrumentality, autonomy, and growth mindset shown to predict students' academic behaviors and achievement. It addresses how teachers can increase the number of opportunities for students to experience repeated success. The chapter presents a list of autonomy-supportive instructional approaches. Before delving into each of these motivational sources and the specific approaches that can enhance them, there are a few important caveats to keep in mind. Developing student self-efficacy is not confined to situations when they receive a grade on an assignment or test. Teachers can enhance student efficacy informally by pointing out instances of mastery and competence during classroom-based learning activities.
