How can a teacher be encouraging and motivating to students

How can a teacher be encouraging and motivating to students during challenging times ie. (COVID)? The problem is not being able to keep children motivated long enough to complete and submit assignments.
• Who is the audience for your study? (Who will read your study?)
• What are the variables?
• Who will be in your proposed sample? What kind of sample? How many people?
• Is your study quantitative or qualitative?
• What instrument would you consider? Explain the validity and reliability.
• What are your procedures of data collection?
• What is the study design?
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