We are looking for a postdoc with expertise in research in motivation in education and an affinity for studying motivation and self-regulated learning in the context of technology-enhanced learning. The postdoc will work on a project led by Dr. Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Vincent Aleven, Carnegie Mellon, and Dr. Judith Harackiewicz, University of Wisconsin, Madison.…
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Hello Motivation SIG members! Use this quick guide to Motivation SIG programming to plan ahead for all of the Motivation SIG sessions.
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On Saturday, April 6, after our SIG Business Meeting and Reception, join us for the AERA 2019 Motivation in Education SIG Dinner Social! It will be held from 8:30‐10:30 p.m. at Walrus Pub and Beer Hall (187 Bay St.) in their Pong Bar (http://donnellygroup.ca/walrus/). It’s only a short 10-minute walk from where our business meeting…
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Hello Motivation SIG Colleagues, We are conducting a meta-analysis of pre-post, quasi-experimental and experimental research comparing the effects of cooperation, competition and individualistic efforts on interest/value. Although we have already conducted a rigorous search of this literature, unpublished studies can be especially difficult to retrieve. We are therefore interested in receiving dissertations, conference presentations, or…
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Dear graduate student writer, You are invited to participate in a research study seeking to better understand graduate student writers’ daily writing-related emotional experiences and writing behaviors over time. You are being invited to participate because you are currently a graduate student in a writing-intensive discipline. Participation in the study is completely optional and will…
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By: Alison Koenka INTRODUCTION AND DISCLAIMERS: I’m especially excited that AERA is in Toronto this year because I grew up there and visit my family often! Because a lot of AERA attendees have asked me for recommendations, I thought it might be helpful to circulate this document. One caveat is that I haven’t lived in…
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Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Educational and Data Science Place: School of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, UKPI: Kou Murayama (http://koumurayama.com) Term: Full-time, 2.5 years Application website: https://jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=4496 We are seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to undertake research in the Motivation Science Lab (PI: Kou Murayama; http://koumurayama.com) at the University of Reading…
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The Motivation SIG Early Career Researcher Committee is excited to announce that we will be hosting our second “Early Career Conversation.” The purpose of these conversations is to facilitate online discussions between 5-6 ECRs and other scholars in the field, which will focus on navigating life as an early career researcher. This conversation will be…
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Sign Up Here! The Motivation SIG Graduate Student Committee is hosting a graduate student event focused on networking and sharing in-progress research with each other. The event is meant to promote feedback and collaboration among peers, and will include an in-progress research session as well as an opportunity to mix and mingle…
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Dear Motivation SIG members, Are you a graduate student (doctoral or master’s) interested in studying giftedness, creativity, or talent? Do you want to learn more about how to be involved in the field? OR…Are you a faculty member, researcher, or other academic who researches or has a background in giftedness, creativity, or talent? Are you at least 3…
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