The Canada Research Chair on parenting and academic and vocational trajectories and the Canada research chair on academic motivation, persistence, and achievement are recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a one-year position (renewable) starting in October 2017. While Université Laval is a French-speaking institution, the fellow does not need to speak French to be admissible…
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Today we present the seventh 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 Marissa Green and Dr. Dennis McInerney on the importance of culture in student motivation. Can’t get enough? Check out…
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The SIG for Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) has been kind enough to share with us their newsletter highlighting several items of interest from this year’s AERA. The featured sections include tributes to Dr. Martin Maehr and Claire Ellen Weinstein as well as innovations in task value intervention, self-regulation as a privileged construct, and cogitations on “Motivation…
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Dear Motivation SIG Grad Students – It’s time to vote for your new Graduate Student Junior Co-Chair! We have seven great candidates from six universities. Please take the time to look over each candidate’s information before voting. To read each candidate’s statement and to cast your vote, click here (https://goo.gl/forms/TOK2nM9cWoACom8F3). The ballot will be open for…
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Hello Motivation SIG Graduate Students! This is the last call for those interested in the Junior Co-Chair position of the Motivation SIG Graduate Committee. The Junior Co-Chair will serve a two-year term, becoming the Senior Co-Chair after AERA 2018. Duties include organizing AERA events such as the popular Lunch with a Motivation Researcher and the…
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Congratulations on a fantastic annual meeting in San Antonio. Our program shaped up nicely, with over 400 in attendance for the session entitled “Motivation Theory Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Reflections of Founders and Descendants.” We are eagerly awaiting new submissions from you that will follow up with new theories, theorists, and ideas for the upcoming…
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Graduate Students: Please take a moment to fill out the annual post-AERA graduate student survey (even if you did not attend the annual AERA meeting). This helps to improve the SIG and opportunities for you within it. Please also note that the nominations for the Graduate Student Junior Co-Chair position are embedded within this survey, so if you wish…
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After a wonderful AERA 2017, many are already looking forward to AERA 2018 in New York City, New York, April 13-17, 2018. This event will be held in a series of nine headquarter hotels (listed below), as opposed to one central convention center. Please consider these locations as you begin to make your plans. See…
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Today we present the sixth 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, we feature Patrick Beymer and Dr. Jennifer Fredricks on outcomes in motivation research
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