I find motivating students to be one of the most challenging aspects of teaching. To explain this fully requires some generalization about students "today". At the outset I must say that while this generalization is intentional, I fully recognized that not all students are the same. I know this to be true from my own classrooms where I find many motivated students. This said, it is my observation that students today tend to be extremely difficult to motivate. After reading the materials presented in module #3, I better understand causation, but will have to think further about how to address the "causes". Particularly, the module points to: "Appreciation for the value of learning" "Expectation of success" "Belief that performance is realted to reward" In my experience, many students do not value learning, they simply want to complete the degree requirements for purposes of career opportunity/advancement. So, many view my course, not as a learning opportunity, but as another task to complete. Concerning expectation of success- Yes,students are concerned about making the grade and passing the course; so much so that it tends to be their sole focus. However, they do not correlate this success with effort, dilligence, or learning. And finally, the belief that performance is related to reward seems to be a foreign concept to many students. I think all understand that hard work does pay off, but I fully believe that they believe there to be easier ways to obtain the "pay off", so they resist putting in the work. In closing I must refer to my earlier disclaimer: I do know that not all students are alike; I have many hard-working, motivated students. BUT generally speaking, it just seems that students don't "get it". Finally, no, I am not a cynical, grizzled, college instructor who does not like students. The only reason I teach is because I enjoy students, and I go to great lengths to motivate them to LEARN. I simply become increasingly frustrated when it seems to continually fall on deaf ears?