Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Motivating Students to Read My students read silently for 10 minutes daily and then they record what they read on a reading log. I now have them read at home, but over 75 percent of the students come back to school without their reading recorded. How can I motivate students to read at home because I have explained that this is part of the reason why their reading test scores are so low. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Make it a contest. Have rewards and different levels for those rewards. A lot of times if you go to your partners in education they will give you coupons for free stuff that you can use as a reward.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I like the contest idea. With older students it could be a coupon for a free burger (many businesses are open to working with schools on these incentives, it just takes some footwork) or maybe some phone/mP3 player time at the end of the week. Rated On: March 7, 2016 12:46 am Rated By: teVaGu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think this is a great idea. Students love to be in competition with one another. Rated On: October 9, 2017 6:03 pm Rated By: aduNaQ                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Using positive reinforcement and rewarding students for reading at home is a great idea. This will give students an incentive to spend more of their free time reading and help them establish a genuine interest and love for reading in the future. Rated On: February 23, 2019 6:00 am Rated By: dygavu