Motivating Learners with Future Focus

<p>Studies identify that interventions that influence students’ beliefs about the relevance of school to themselves, their lives, and their society, can impact student academic tenacity and increase student success. Without a future focus, students act according to short-term rewards and costs. A future focus that builds academic tenacity prepares students to set more challenging goals and persevere through challenges and setbacks. <a href='https://www.howyouthlearn.org/pdf/Academic%20Tenacity,%20Dweck%20et%20al..pdf'>"Academic Tenacity: Mindsets and Skills that Promote Long-Term Learning"</a> <a href='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/getting-proactive/201908/the-most-powerful-mindfulness-is-future-focused'>"The Most Powerful Mindfulness Is Future-Focused: Use mental time travel to navigate your destiny."</a> </p> <p><a href='https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/steve-barkley-ponders-out-loud/id1254070860?mt=2'>Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes</a> or visit<a href='http://barkleypd.com'> BarkleyPD.com</a> to find new episodes!</p> <p> </p>