STRATEGIES USED BY TEACHERS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF MELOKOZA WOREDA GOFA ZONE SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

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This study examined the strategies used by teachers to motivate students’ classroom learning in secondary school of Melo Koza Woreda. In this study, mixed methods research design was used. The sample for the study consisted of eight randomly selected secondary school teachers (six males and two females) and forty students (thirty-one males and nine females) were purposely selected from the two schools (Laha and Mashira Secondary Schools). Questionnaire, Interview and classroom observations were used as the data gathering tools of this study. The findings indicate that the secondary school teachers in the sampled schools have good awareness on the different strategies of student motivation in classroom teaching. The results of this study had indicated that teachers frequently employ motivation strategies like asking questions to check whether the students were following the lesson or not, giving positive and constructive feed backs, asking them brain storming questions and showing them eagerness for teaching. The study also found that large class size and lack of money allocated by schools to reward good performing students are the factors that affect student motivations. The woreda education office in collaboration with administrative bodies should built additional classrooms in order to enable the number of students in the classroom to be manageable to allow effective teaching and motivation.