The phrase "encourage the students" is correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The teacher strives to encourage the students to achieve their full potential in all subjects.
Regular talks by alumni are arranged to encourage the students.
The teachers simply encourage the students in this process.
"My approach in teaching is always to encourage the students to combat me," he said.
Within these critical safety considerations it is still important to maintain and enhance functional movement, as well as to encourage the students to move with gratitude and joy.
Fuller's efforts to encourage the students to design and build a self-supporting spherical structure failed so dismally that his charges nicknamed it the "Supine Dome".
And in case anyone needed an extra lesson in fashion style, Victoria Beckham showed up with her son, Romeo, to encourage the students from around Britain and across the world.
Students are notoriously incomplete in articulating answers so AutoTutor agents provide pumps, hints, and prompts to encourage the student to articulate the content.
Beyond that, they are very valuable for learning data literacy because they encourage the student to gain a tangible "feel" for the data they are examining.
Many schools and kindergartens encourage the student and parents to attend the place before term starts.
The goal here is to encourage the student's cognitive abilities in the best and most efficient way possible.
Mr. Romney encouraged the students in the room to follow Mr. John's path.
