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How Does Motivation Develop and Why Does It Change? Reframing Motivation Research

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Turner, Julianne C.; Patrick, Helen – Educational Psychologist, 2008

In this article, we argue for a change in how researchers study motivation to learn. We believe that research can provide better explanations of the origins and outcomes of behavior, and thus be more useful, if we focus on how motivation develops and why it changes. We suggest reframing motivation research in education by extending the current…

Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation