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		<title>How Can We Improve Students’ Motivation to Learn?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of news reports lately about how students&#8217; test scores in the United States are not meeting the overall performance level of their international peers. In the past year, Australia, Britain, China and South Korea have all launched national initiatives for educational improvements1, while we continue to fall behind them in <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/12/how-can-we-improve-students-motivation-to-learn/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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