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Motivated Students, Motivating Contexts: Building Clarity About the Nature and Mechanisms of Motivational Climate
Sat, April 23, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (2:30 to 4:00pm PDT), Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Floor: North Building, Lobby Level, Marriott Grand Ballroom 8Session Type: Symposium
Abstract
Recent advances in theory and research have converged in highlighting the pivotal importance of contexts in shaping students’ motivation and success (Eccles & Wigfield, 2020; Walton & Yeager, 2020). Motivational researchers have long studied contextual features that are supportive of students’ motivation (i.e., motivational climate). But what “counts” as motivational climate—actual features of the environment, teachers’ or students’ perceptions of that environment, etc.—and what is the sequence of behavioral and psychological events involved in prompting motivational shifts? This symposium highlights research and commentary from diverse perspectives that consider the nature and mechanisms of motivational climate effects on students. We aim to develop a more comprehensive, theoretically cross-cutting, and accurate view of the nature and mechanisms of motivating contexts.
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A Shifting Motivational Landscape: Gender Differences in Perceptions of Motivational Climate - Kristy A. Robinson, McGill University
A Comparative Study of the Cultural Costs Affecting Black Engineering Students' Academic and Career Pathways - Revathy Kumar, University of Toledo; Aaron Allen Baker, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Teachers' Provision of Psychological Affordances Helps Explain When Students Enact Their Motivational Frameworks - Cameron Hecht, The University of Texas at Austin; David Yeager, The University of Texas at Austin; Mary C. Murphy, Indiana University; Carol Dweck, Stanford University
Triangulating Observed Social Support and Academic Challenge With Student Perceptions of Mastery Goal Structure - Pei Pei Liu, Colby College; David McKinney, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Alexandra Lee, Michigan State University; Harmony Murray, Michigan State University; Jennifer A. Schmidt, Michigan State University; Gwen C. Marchand, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University
Understanding How the COVID Pandemic Has Changed Students' Perceptions of Themselves and Their School - Katerina Schenke, Katalyst Methods; Johanna Leslie, Transforming Education; Katie H. Buckley, Transforming Education