Call for Papers: Mobile Technology in Education

Call for Papers: Mobile Technology, Learning, and Achievement: A Critical Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technology in Education The purpose of this special issue of Contemporary Educational Psychology (CEP) is to rigorously investigate the affordances and challenges of mobile and wearable technologies as platforms for both measuring and inducing processes that…

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FLR Call for Papers: New Measurements of Learning

Call for Papers – Frontline Learning Research – Special Issue New measurements of learning: Emerging chances and challenges of process measures. Deadline: April 15th, 2018 Over the recent years, research within EARLI increasingly focuses on studying learning as a process (how and why does the learning take place?) rather than…

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Conditioning factors of test‑taking engagement in PIAAC

Conditioning factors of test‑taking engagement in PIAAC: an exploratory IRT modelling approach considering person and item characteristics Background A potential problem of low-stakes large-scale assessments such as the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is low test-taking engagement. The present study pursued two goals in order to…

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Free Download: Handbook of Learning Analytics 2017

This new and free Handbook of Learning Analytics covers a broad sprectrum of topics including Emotion (from Sidney D’Mello) and Self-Regulated Learning (from Philip Winne). This book is edited by Charles Lang, George Siemens, Alyssa Wise & Dragan Gašević The full book can be downloaded for free here (CC BY…

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New Book on Self-Determination Theory by Ryan & Deci. The Selfdeterminationtheory.Org Homepage offers an initial discount!

A New Book on Self-Determination Theory by Ryan & Deci has been released. The Selfdeterminationtheory.Org Homepage offers an initial discount here! Self-determination theory (SDT) provides a framework for understanding the factors that promote motivation and healthy psychological and behavioral functioning. In this authoritative work, the codevelopers of the theory comprehensively…

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Vortrag über Motivation, Selbstregulation und Potenzialentfaltung auf dem Netzwerktreffen Hochbegabung

Prof. Dr. Thomas Martens hat am 3. April 2017 einen Vortrag über “Motivation, Selbstregulation und Potenzialentfaltungauf” auf dem Netzwerktreffen Hochbegabung in Berlin gehalten, einem Zusammenschluss von Erziehungsberatungsstellen, Schulpsychologie und Schulen. Die Motivation beim Lernen entsteht immer aus einem Wechselspiel zwichen der Persönlichkeit des Lernenden und spezifischen Umwelteigenschaften. Dies gilt in…

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