We are eagerly anticipating this year's AERA annual meeting! This flyer highlights the work we'll be sharing on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday of the conference.

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Dr. Robinson recently served as a panelist on the AERA Motivation SIG "Motivation Monday" series, where she provided advice about balancing competing priorities as a scholar. Thanks to the Graduate Student Committee for organizing this event!

In this talk, Kristy highlights takeaways from her research on university students' motivation trajectories in large, introductory STEM courses.

Title: Motivational Support & Motivational Climate: A Lens for Understanding Differential Opportunities in STEM

The Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) collaborates in research, evaluation, and training with organizations in the educational, social service, and health sectors to improve social programs and policies for citizens, especially those facing social exclusion. https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/crecs​ 

As part of McGill Faculty of Education's Faculty Features Video Series, Dr. Kristy Robinson describes her research in achievement motivation. What causes students' motivation to decline? How can we better support students in different academic atmospheres to improve their motivation? How can we analyze teacher practices and students' perceptions to see how motivation is affected?

​Students who are passionate about these areas of study and research should consider pursuing a Master’s or Doctoral degree within the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, under the astute mentorship of Dr. Kristy Robinson. To learn more: mcgill.ca/edu-ecp/kristy-robinson

Many thanks to Melanie Parlette-Stewart for this beautiful visualization, and to the conference organizers for the invitation!

This was a super well-organized and fun conversation full of tips on forming and maintaining fruitful research collaborations. It was a great opportunity to reflect on the collaborations that I treasure! I also learned a lot from the other panelists and attendees. Thank you, Motivation SIG Graduate Students, for inviting me and for doing such a great job organizing!

I had a blast speaking with Dr. Marcus Johnson about interest and emotions in education--check out our conversation here!

This interactive event highlighted insights from an ongoing collaboration between MILES Lab and members of the Faculty of Science at McGill University. We focused on:

• What is motivation?
• How do we support motivation?
• Why and how do students' motivational beliefs change during introductory STEM courses?

​Many thanks to all who attended!