SecEd – this time it’s a series
Back in December I wrote a post for Sec Ed stating that an understanding of “retrieval practice alone is not enough.” In that post I …
Dunlosky 2013 Mark II
For an educator with a professional intesting in test enhanced learning, one of the seminal papers is Dunlosky et al, (2013) Improving Students’ Learning With …
Motivation: “Bring the lesson to the students, and bring the students to the lesson.” (part 4)
From of expectancy value (- costs) = motivation, though to Dietrich et al., (2019) and onto the introduction of Tanaka and Murayama (2014) care of …
Motivated by motivation? (part 3)
After spending two weeks reflecting upon expectancy value theory and observing how individuals approach learning, I found myself applying a “motivational equation” to the context …
Motivated by motivation? (part 2)
Why should teachers be interested in expectancy and value ratings? Expectancy and value ratings have been shown to predict learner effort and performance on learning …
Motivated by motivation (part 1)
A week ago I had the privilege of meeting with Bridgid Finn (Senior Research Scientist, ETS – the world’s largest private educational testing and measurement …