Choose to Learn

Discover how the application of eight powerful principles can motivate students, increase every learner's self-confidence, and encourage individuals to go beyond familiar goals to take manageable risks.

Russell T. Osguthorpe, a professor of instructional psychology and technology, currently serves as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Brigham Young University. He has also served as chair of his department and associate dean of the David O. McKay School of Education. In 1998, he was awarded the Martha Jane Knowlton Corey University Professorship. Prior to joining Brigham Young University, he served on the faculty of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. He speaks several languages; has collaborated on educational projects in China, Europe, and Polynesia; and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto and the University of Paris. He has authored five books and more than 50 journal articles on instructional design, teacher education, and special education.

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
1. The Three Ds of Success
Desire
Decision
Determination
Expectations
Applying the Three -s of Success
Making It Happen
2. Urgency, Not Pressure
Differences Between Pressure and Urgency
Urgency and Learning
Making It Happen
3. Do Something Yoüve Never Done Before
Why Avoid the Unfamiliar?
The Zone of Attainable Success
Teacher as Designer
Making It Happen
4. Light the Fire
Linked to the Life of the Learner
Challenging
Inspiring
Making It Happen
5. Help Is on the Way
Help That Invites
Help That Instructs
Help That Confirms
Think It, Choose It, Do It, Succeed
Making It Happen
6. Do the Right Thing for the Right Reason
The Opposite of an Addiction to Failure
Motives and Actions
The Three Ds of Success
Lighting the Fire
Can One Judge Another-s Motives?
Making It Happen
7. Extinguish the Negative
Make No Excuses
An Eye of Faith
Help and Faith
Vision and Faith
Making It Happen
8. Choose to Lead
Who Should Lead?
Leading and Helping
Perception and Leadership
Making It Happen
Epilogue: Expect Success
References
Index