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Thomas Martens is Professor for Educational Psychology at the Medical School Hamburg. The motivational researcher manages the projects Motdesign. He is Editor of Frontline Learning Research.
Continue Reading(Deutsch) Was könnte gelingende Wissenschaftskommunikation sein?
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Systemeigenschaften einer pandemiegerechten Schule: Ableitung von 14 Kriterien für eine mittelfristige Schulentwicklung in Zeiten von COVID19.
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Motivation to Study: 24 Tips for Teachers
Motivation to Study: 24 Tips for Higher Education The students in your lectures and seminars maybe bored, lethargic or have no motivation following your teaching? Do you experience this sometimes? You will find 24 tips for reflecting your academic teaching. These tips are derived from my recent research projects and…
Continue ReadingSystematic Reviews in Educational Research – Free Download
Systematic Reviews in Educational Research – an Open Acess Handbook This new and Open Access Handbook of Systematic Reviews in Educational Research covers different aspects of a systematic review: methodical considerations, reflections as well as practical examples and applications. For example in Chapter 2 section 4 a reflection on Transparent…
Continue Reading(Deutsch) Rezension Die Diktatur der Konzerne von Thilo Bode
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Continue ReadingThinking in the Universe?
Thinking in the Universe – Are there Intelligent Species in the Galaxy? In his book “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” in chapter three, Stephen Hawking raised the question of whether there can be intelligent living beings in the universe. My answer would be “yes” – there must be intelligent…
Continue Reading(Deutsch) Rezension Sei du selbst von Richard David Precht – Geschichte der Philosophie 3
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Continue ReadingInterview mit Julius Kuhl zur PSI-Theorie
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Keine Lust auf Schule? Bestrafen oder Belohnen?
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Rezension Trisolaris-Trilogie von Liu Cixin – Jenseits der Zeit (Band 3)
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Continue ReadingNeuroscience and Education – Presentations from the SIG 22 Meeting 2018
Presentations from the fifth biennial SIG22 Neuroscience and Education conference Monday 4th – Wednesday 6th June 2018 London, United Kingdom SIG 22 brings together researchers from the fields of educational science, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, genetics, and neuroscience as well as interdisciplinary people with training in each of these fields,…
Continue ReadingMotivated Learning
Motivated learning First of all, one might wonder if motivated learning is necessary at all. Is is not possible to learn without motivation? At least as far as short-term learning success is concerned, this question must be answered positively: it is possible to successfully learn without motivation. However, the empirical…
Continue ReadingDescartes’ Error – sentio, ergo sum
Descartes, with his sentence “cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am), has declared thinking as the basis of humanity like no other philosopher. Of course, it is easy to understand conscious thinking as the central process of being human. However, is this true? Let’s do a simple thought experiment:…
Continue Reading(Deutsch) Neues Handbuch zum Mobile Learning erschienen
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Schulnoten oder Rohrstock – Warum sind Schulnoten so verführerisch und so gefährlich?
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Kleine Daten für das Lernen – Small Data in Learning
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Notengebung und selbstreguliertes Lernen oder die Rückkehr des Odysseus
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Freie Unterrichtsmaterialien – Praktische Tipps zum freien Download
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Digitalisierung in der Bildung – Was ist wünschenswert, was ist machbar?
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Rezension zum neuen Buch von Richard David Precht – Jäger, Hirten, Kritiker: Eine Utopie für die digitale Gesellschaft
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Continue Reading(Deutsch) Vorsätze oder Wirf-Deine-Neujahrsvorsätze-über-Bord-Tag am 17. 1. 2017
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Continue ReadingIt is Creeping Back … Learning Outcomes Often Follow Behaviourist Tradtion
The Concept of Learning Outcomes Often Follows Behaviourist Tradtion Learning outcomes as a concept has encountered a revival since the beginning of the Bologna process in 1999. The concept itself has a longer history with its roots in the behaviourist tradition of the 1960s. The goal of this review is…
Continue ReadingConditioning 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…
Continue ReadingFree 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…
Continue ReadingNew Book on PSI Theory: Why People Do the Things They Do – Building on Julius Kuhl’s Contributions to the Psychology of Motivation and Volition
Buildung on the central contributions of Julius Kuhl like the PSI Theory leading researchers including Charles S. Carver and Richard M. Ryan reflect the implications for their own work. This book is edited by Nicola Baumann, Miguel Kazén, Markus Quirin & Sander L. Koole The first chapter can be dowloaded…
Continue Reading(Deutsch) Vortrag über Motivation, Selbstregulation und Potenzialentfaltung auf dem Netzwerktreffen Hochbegabung
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Continue ReadingRSS feeds motivation research, learning research, higher education and learning with computers
Please find some RSS feeds from important journals in the field of motivation, learning, higher education and computer here. Picture by Nicole Henning CC 2.0
Continue ReadingWorkshop: Fostering Learning at University
Thomas Martens conducted a workshop on 30 June 2016 at the TU Dresden with the title “Fostering Learning at University: the Heterogeneity of Motivational Processes”. This workshop showed different ways of learning motivation and how the individual learning processes of students can be promoted. As theoretical basis served the Integrated…
Continue ReadingMotivation and Educational Perspectives of Gifted Children
At the conference of “Bildung und Begabung” [Education & Giftedness] 31 May 2016 with the title “Perspektive Begabung: Diversität als Chance” [Future of Giftedness: Diversity as an Opportunity] Thomas Martens delivered a keynote entitled “Motivation and Educational Perspectives of Gifted Children”. While one child follows his interests and develops remarkable…
Continue ReadingDifferent Transitions towards Learning at University: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Motivational Processes
This chapter discusses transitions towards learning at university from a perspective of regulation processes. The Integrated Model of Learning and Action is used to identity different patterns of motivational regulation amongst first-year students at university by using mixed distribution models. Five subpopulations of motivational regulation could be identified: students with…
Continue Reading(Deutsch) Lernerfolg im Studium
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Continue ReadingSensor Measures of Motivation for Adaptive Learning (SensoMot)
New research projekt started: Sensor Measures of Motivation for Adaptive Learning (SensoMot) Motivation is one major factor for facilitating deep learning processes. The goal of the research project „SensoMot“ is to predict critical motivational conditions using sensor measures. By deriving adaptive mechanisms, the learning process can subsequently be tailored to…
Continue ReadingMotivationsprozesse im Jugend- und Erwachsenenalter [Motivation Processes in Adolescence and Adulthood]
This article examines conditions for a successful motivation for education and training: Why can many teenagers and young adults easily motivate themselves for schools and education, while other show serious motivational difficulties? On the base of identified motivational processes measures are suggested that educational institutions can provide. [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-109762] [pdf] (available…
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