The Society for the Study of Motivation will celebrate its 10th Anniversary Meeting on May 25 in Boston. As usual, the annual conference will take place in conjunction with (i.e., right before) the APS conference. The Anniversary Meeting will feature a keynote address by Geoffrey Cohen (Professor of Psychology and James T. March Professor in…
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Hadley Solomon (Motivation SIG Program Chair) has worked hard to develop a strong and diverse program on current motivation research for the AERA conference in San Antonio in 2017. AERA will release final decisions on all proposals in early November. Mark your calendars for our annual SIG dinner social on Sunday, April 30, at…
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The Institute for Positive Psychology and Education (IPPE) is seeking two domestic/international applicants for PhD scholarships to study school principal health and well-being. In addition, Professor Herb Marsh is seeking one domestic/international applicant for a PhD scholarship to work on a project entitled, “Citations, Rankings, and the Empirical Landscape of Education and Psychology.” More information…
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The 17th biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) will be held in Tampere, Finland, August 29-September 2, 2017. The guidelines for abstract submissions (due October 27, 2016) are available here: http://earli.org/resources/EARLI2017/EARLI2017_Submission_Guidelines.pdf. Conference web site: http://www.earli2017.org/.
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Congratulations to all SIG members who presented at last month’s ICM meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece. You can check out the program here: http://www.psy.auth.gr/sites/default/files/ICM2016_Conference%20Programme.pdf. Here are some pictures of your favorite motivation researchers: https://www.facebook.com/icm2016thessaloniki/photos?ref=page_internal
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Teachers College, Columbia University is seeking a full-time research scientist for an NSF-funded research project. The goal of the project is to develop instructional interventions that improve students’ motivation to learn STEM . The candidate chosen for the position will (1) help design and conduct classroom-based interventions to improve students’ motivation to learn science concepts;…
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As you may know, Dr. Willy Lens’ unexpectedly passed away at the end of August 2014. As a way to honor him, we decided to devote a special issue and we are now very excited to announce the publication of this special issue devoted to our former advisor. This special issue is meant to show…
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Ellen Usher Chair University of Kentucky [email protected] Hadley Solomon Program Chair University of New Hampshire [email protected] Marcus Johnson Treasurer/Secretary University of Cincinnati [email protected]
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