Mark your calendars for our annual SIG dinner social on Sunday, April 30, at 8 p.m. at Rio Rio Cantina, 421 E Commerce St, San Antonio (http://riorioriverwalk.com/ ). The cost of the dinner is $35.00. To register for the SIG dinner, visit the AERA registration portal (same place you registered) and simply look for our MotSIG…
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Open date: February 13, 2017 Last review date: Review of applications will begin immediately. Applications received by February 28, 2017 will receive full consideration. Applications will continue to be reviewed until the position has been filled. Final date: June 30th, 2017 Description Post-doctoral Research Position: Education An opening is available for a post-doctoral scholar in…
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Carlton Fong is currently updating a research synthesis on the effects of negative feedback on intrinsic motivation with Dr. Erika Patall. This team is interested in any and all experimental studies that report a relationship between negative feedback and any intrinsic motivation measure (interest, enjoyment, time spent on task, etc.) or examine differences in receiving negative…
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Today marks the third installment of “Motivation Mondays,” our monthly video series featuring insights from diverse motivation scholars. You can now view Motivation Monday #3—an interview with Dr. Julie Turner on research into practice—on our videos tab and below.
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We hope you’re looking forward to AERA in San Antonio. As we finalize our program, please notify Hadley Solomon ([email protected]) if you have an accepted paper/poster and will not be attending AERA to present. We want to be sure we have all slots filled. Also, mark your calendars for our annual SIG dinner social on Sunday,…
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The PhD Program in Educational Psychology and Program Evaluation at Old Dominion University is now accepting applications. Students in the program develop the theoretical and technical skills required for research and evaluation oriented careers through coursework and by working collaboratively with faculty on research in both formal and informal learning environments. Applications are considered for…
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We are very saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Martin Maehr in Ann Arbor, Michigan on January 10th, 2017. Dr. Maehr, or Marty as most of us knew him, was a leading voice in the field of achievement motivation research for roughly five decades. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska, Marty…
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Allan Wigfield University of Maryland-College Park Discussant Alison C. Koenka Ohio State University Chair Researchers have learned much about motivation and its relations to important achievement and broader life outcomes. Over the last 50 years there have been several major theoretical models of motivation guiding much of this research; these models continue to be the…
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Just announced: The AERA Division C – Invited Senior Panel for the San Antonio meeting in 2017. The session is entitled: “Tensions in Division C: Shifting between building individual agency and promoting systemic change.” Abstract As learning and instruction researchers we esteem the study of individual attributes that promote academic and social health for children…
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From AERA President, Vivian Gasden: I am writing to ask your help in urging members of your SIG to submit nominations for the 2017 AERA awards. As you know, the annual AERA awards are our public acknowledgement and honoring of the many contributions that our members make to research, scholarship, and practice; to the association;…
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