Аннотация: Trying and failing to motivate unmotivated students is a common frustration among teachers. This article shows reliable ways to begin improving the work habits to the most reluctant students, those with next to zero interest in their schoolwork. The purposes of this article are as follows: determine primarily student related motivational factors and their level of importance for motivation to learn; to determine primarily teacher related motivational factors and their level of importance for motivation to learn, and to provide research based suggestions for teachers to motivate their students.