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Here's a great article on theory development, in this case Situated Expectancy Value Theory by Eccles & Wigfield. Fascinating history of theory development and epistemic iteration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09888-9
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To address the seven guiding questions posed for authors of articles in this special issue, we begin by discussing the development (in the late 1970s-early 1980s) of Eccles’ expectancy-value theory of achievement choice (EEVT), a theory developed to explain the cultural phenomenon of why girls were less likely to participate in STEM courses and careers. We then discuss how we tested key predictions from the theory, notably how expectancies and values relate to achievement choices and performance and how socialization practices at home and in school influence them. Next, we discuss three main refinements: addressing developmental aspects of the theory, refining construct definitions, and renaming the theory situated expectancy value theory. We discuss reasons for that change, and their implications. To illustrate the theory’s practicality, we discuss intervention projects based in the model, and what next steps should be in SEVT-based intervention research. We close with suggestions for future research, emphasizing attaining consensus on how to measure the central constructs, expanding the model to capture better motivation of diverse groups, and the challenges of testing the increasingly complex predictions stemming from the model. Throughout the manuscript, we make suggestions for early career researchers to provide guidance for their own development of theories.
Web search has always existed as a weird bargain. People write documents for one reason. Maybe they are writing a news story, or promoting their plumbing business. Maybe they are a company putting out a whitepaper, or a research hospital posting an FAQ on plantar fasciitis as part of public outreach. A lot of time these people are selling something, because writing, research, and expertise costs money. These people writing for status or money create a dense network of information on the web answering a set of questions that earn them status or money.
What is a Master’s in Applied Educational Psychology and what can it do for you? Find out in this latest episode of the Emerging Research in Educational Psychology podcast, with David Timony and Jeanette King: https://soundcloud.com/user-883650452/david-d-timony-jeanette-king
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Dr. David D. Timony and Dr. Jeanette King join host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their work on Division 15's upcoming Applied Educational Psychology Master's degree framework.
Excited to share the first, first-author publication by Robert Plumley on developing, testing, and replicating learning analytics models in large undergraduate biology courses! Kudos Robert! https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.13472
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There are arguments and controversies regarding whether we should ban smartphones and/or social media from teenagers entirely - I've written about them before (see the first two paragraphs of this post). As of yet, I don't think the evidence is sufficiently conclusive to support a total ban on teenager's
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50 free copies of the article available here, get one before they are gone. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/P64STDJP8PS89UACYQGP/full?target=10.1080/10508406.2024.2338937
There's a lot of controversy around the idea of tracking in schools (i.e., testing students for ability or performance and then grouping them for differential curricula and/or instruction). Two of the many questions asked about this practice are whether the tests used to track students are reliable and
Most professors teach, but only some research teaching. For the former, does their practical knowledge of teaching help them evaluate education research? Find out in this article by Vic Deekens, Brian Cartiff, and yours truly. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10508406.2024.2338937
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Mark Rubin