This document discusses motivation and how to motivate students. It defines motivation as the internal state that activates and directs behavior. Motivation comes from biological, social, cognitive, affective, conative, and spiritual sources. Theories of motivation include sociocultural, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, social learning, and social cognition approaches. To motivate students, teachers should encourage students, get them involved, offer incentives, be creative, draw real-life connections, understand achievement motivation, and follow tips like knowing students' names and making classes relevant. The conclusion reiterates that motivation initiates and guides goal-oriented behaviors through its influence on cognition, behavior, and human behavior.