Here are some of the great resources that I have used to create this site . I highly recommend for people to check them out. The more knowledge that you have on this subject the more tools you can bring to help motivate your student.
Here is a great site for teachers to check out full of wonderful exercises. www.teachthought.com
Here is a great article on high school motivation and why it matters: Forbes motivation
Again a really good website for teachers to check out: www.weareteachers.com
Here are some great books that have helped me with this site as well as my own carreer.
The First Days of School. By Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong 2001 Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc. Mountain View, Ca
Winners Without Losers, Structures and Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation to Learn By James P. Raffini . 1993 Allyn & Bacon Needham Heights, Ma.
The Developing Person, Through Childhood and Adolescence, 10th edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger 2015 Worth Publishers New York, NY
Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom, by Y.S. Freeman, D.E. Freeman, and R. Ramirez 2008 Heinemann Portsmouth, NH
Tools for Teaching 2nd Edition by Fred Jones 2012 Fredric H Jones & Associates, Inc. Santa Cruz, CA
Murray's Means for Motivation 