Hello Colleagues, My team is currently conducting a meta-analysis on the relationship between LASSI (Learning and Study Strategies Inventory) and student achievement outcomes. We are interested in any and all studies that investigate this relationship, primarily in correlational studies. For example, we are interested in studies that naturalistically assess the relationship between students’ LASSI scores…
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Hello SIG Graduate Students! As you know, each year at AERA a select group of senior scholars host a “conversation” hour (previously a lunch) with select graduate students. We are now seeking your recommendations for researchers you’re interested in talking with at this year’s meeting. We are also interested in topics you’d like to discuss…
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Voting opens February 12, 2018, for the 2018-2020 Motivation SIG Chair, Program Chair, and Treasurer. We have a great slate of candidates. Please be sure to cast your vote!
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We are pleased to announce a new Motivation SIG committee that will support the interests and development of early-career researchers (i.e., members who earned a PhD within the last five years). To ensure that the focus of the committee aligns as closely as possible with early-career researchers’ needs and interests, we are inviting all Motivation SIG…
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We are as eager as you to see the final 2018 MotSIG program. Unfortunately, it seems that AERA is a bit behind schedule this year in releasing program details. The most recent communication we have received suggests that the program (including presentation time slots and locations) will be released in mid- to late-February. As soon…
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We are pleased to announce a new Motivation SIG committee that will support the interests and development of early-career researchers (i.e., members who earned a PhD within the last five years). To ensure that the focus of the committee aligns as closely as possible with early-career researchers’ needs and interests, we are inviting all Motivation…
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Today we present the thirteenth installment of “Motivation Mondays,” our monthly video series in which we interview accomplished motivation researchers and consider their unique perspectives about the field. This month for our Monday Motivation Interview, listen to our interviewer Jessica Gladstone talk with Dr. Johnmarshall Reeve about how engagement relates to motivation research. Can’t get…
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This special issue of The Journal of Experimental Education seeks to provide education scholars with insight into current theoretical and methodological approaches to conceptualize, facilitate, and empirically examine learning and identity in virtual learning environments (VLEs) such as games, virtual realities, and simulations. In recent years, increasing research has shown virtual learning environments to provide…
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Hello Colleagues, My team is currently conducting a research synthesis on the relationship between classroom structure/organization/management and students’ motivation, self-regulation, engagement and achievement. We are interested in any and all studies that investigate this relationship, including both experimental and correlational studies. For example, we are interested in studies that examine the effectiveness of programs or…
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This month’s Motivation Monday video interview features Alison Koenka, a post-doctoral motivation researcher at the Ohio State University. Our graduate student interviewer, Patrick Beymer, talks with Alison about her research as well as how to make a post-doc successful. We are also excited that Alison has agreed to head up a new committee focused on the needs of early…
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