The time has come for us to pass the baton to the next group of Motivation SIG leaders. Please consider nominating yourself or someone you know for our three SIG leadership positions, described below. Nominees will (with their consent) be placed on the ballot for a SIG vote in early 2018. Elected SIG leaders will…
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Today we present the ninth 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, our Monday Motivation Interview Series features Jessica Gladstone’s and Dr. Reinhard Pekrun (who will receive the prestigious Scribner Award from AERA’s Div. C in 2018).
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Hadley Solomon, our SIG Program Chair, has been hard at work assigning and collecting reviews of this year’s record-breaking number of proposals for AERA’s 2018 meeting in New York City. Thank you to all members who volunteered to review for us. Decisions should be announced in early November. More news on the 2018 program is…
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In anticipation of the largest ever AERA crowd, AERA has already opened conference and hotel registration for the annual meeting in New York City. Go to aera.net, and login to register. Once again this year we’ll be adding our Motivation SIG dinner registration to this same portal. More details will be forthcoming once we know our official…
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Many of our members will be interested in the ICM 2018, which will be held in Aarhus, Denmark, from August 15-17, 2018. The theme is “Design for Motivation.” The Summer School for doctoral students themed, “Motivation & Emotions,” will be held from August 12-14, 2018. For more information, visit the ICM 2018 conference website (http://conferences.au.dk/icm-2018/).
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“Achievement goals of university scholars, professional learning and teaching quality (ZIDO): Antecedents, Consequences and Moderators” The Department of Psychology (Prof. Dr. Dresel) in the Faculty for Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Augsburg in Germany is announcing an open position, as of January 1, 2018, for a Scientific Research Associate (wage rates commensurate with…
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The Mot SIG program for AERA 2018 looks to be one of our most dynamic ever! As you may have heard, AERA received a record number of submissions this year and our SIG is no exception. Here are the most recent statistics that we have available on our average submissions: As you can see, the…
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Today we present the eighth 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, our Monday Motivation Interview Series features Patrick Beymer and Dr. Akane Zusho on the sociocultural role in motivation. Can’t get enough? Check out the extended…
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Please join me in congratulating our newly-elected Grad Student Junior Co-Chair, Peter McPartlan. Peter McPartlan is a third-year student in Learning, Cognition, and Development at the University of California Irvine. His research focuses on how teenage students’ social lives can support or diminish their academic motivation. We want to thank all of the seven wonderful…
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We are eagerly awaiting your submissions for AERA 2018 in New York City. The full call for submissions is available here. Please contact our SIG Program Chair, Hadley Solomon ([email protected]), if you have any questions about the submission process.
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