Breaking Down Silos: Connecting Motivation Scholars From Two Major Research Organizations

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Research on motivation is vibrant but fragmented across different subfields in education and psychology. Accordingly, motivation researchers, even those studying similar constructs, attend different conferences and publish in different journals. The overarching objectives of this symposium are to a) connect motivation researchers from major organizations (AERA and SSM [Society for the Science of Motivation]), b) address the similarities and differences in the ways they study motivation, and c) encourage new collaborations. Researchers primarily affiliated with SSM will present their work on goals, values, understanding and the implications of successes and failure, and metamotivation -- constructs of great interest to AERA-based motivation researchers. The discussant, a leading scholar with ties to both groups, will facilitate discussion of the possible connections.

Sub Unit

• Division C - Learning and Instruction / Division C - Section 2a: Cognitive and Motivational Processes

Chair

• Allan L. Wigfield, University of Maryland - College Park

Papers

• Hidden Failures: Why We Don't Learn From Failure - Ayelet Fischbach, University of Chicago Charter Schools; Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, Northwestern University

• How We Collaborate and Compete in Shared Goal Pursuit - Szu-chi Huang, Stanford University

• Beyond Pleasure and Pain: Value From Engagement - E. Tory Higgins, Columbia University; Emily Nakkawita, Columbia University

• The Meta-Motivational Approach to Investigating Motivation Regulation - David B. Miele, Boston College; Abigail A. Scholer, University of Waterloo; Kentaro Fujita, The Ohio State University

Discussant

• Andrew J. Elliot, University of Rochester