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How to motivate kids who are academically unmotivated
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A child's belief system is instrumental to him or her being academically motivated, a study here found.
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SINGAPORE - When a child believes he or she is not good in his or her studies and has low self-confidence, the child is unlikely to want to work hard in school.
This may then lead to poor results and that causes a negative spiral which continues to impact his or her motivation.


