Strategies That Promote Student Engagement: Unleashing the Desire to Learn offers practical lessons for the classroom that teach students the importance of education in their everyday lives. This resource includes strategies that can be used across the content areas to encourage students to become self-motivated learners. Using the concept of conation - the internal drive that pushes one beyond ordinary expectations and accomplishments - the authors demonstrate how teachers can inspire their students to strive for excellence inside and outside of the classroom.

This revised edition includes:

- Updated research

- Additional grade-specific instructional activities

- Suggestions for assessment