Teachers who wish to improve student learning and engagement in the classroom may first turn to the internet for resources on academic motivation. They are likely to find an abundance of resources on techniques to enhance student motivation. However, the topic of academic motivation is very complex. Educators are likely to find information that is contradictory, overwhelming, and confusing. Even when teachers seek scholarly research resources, they are likely to find conflicting evidence about what motivational techniques work best, making it difficult to understand which techniques would be most appropriate for their own classrooms. A real concern is that well­ meaning educators may unknowingly be using techniques that are, in fact, undermining student academic motivation. In visiting schools and observing teachers, Cook and Cook (2004), two educational researchers, noted that, “despite the importance of using research ­based instructional procedures, we frequently see teachers using practices shown to be ineffective by research and fail to see teachers using evidence-based techniques” (p. 240). Developing educational resources that make research evidence accessible and meaningful to educators is the key to improving classroom practices and student learning. Being a former primary school teacher who is interested in teacher professional development and bridging the search­ to­ practice gap, I was extremely excited about finding an educational resource that effectively translates research evidence into practical strategies that are easy for teachers to implement into their own classrooms.