Improving homework scores has a number of underlying factors, including; ability to learn, memory skills, application to study and motivation. Critically, motivation is an internal state that activates, guides and sustains everyone's behavior. Educational psychology research on motivation is concerned will that students bring to a project. Their level of interest will dynamically guide their behavior towards studying outside the classroom environment.
 

A form of attribution theory developed by Bernard Weiner describes how students' beliefs about the causes of academic success or failure affect their emotions and motivations. For example, when students attribute failure to lack of ability, and ability is perceived as uncontrollable, they experience the emotions of shame and embarrassment and consequently decrease effort and show poorer performance. In contrast, when students attribute failure to lack of effort, and effort is perceived as controllable, they experience the emotion of guilt and consequently increase effort and show improved performance.
 

Motivation therefore is a controllable factor and can be developed through increasing the confidence to learn and belief that the effort put into study can actually significantly improve homework scores. MIND360 has a range of online games that work to improve motivation and confidence in students.
 

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