MSP Motivation Assessment Program
Considerable research demonstrates that student and teacher motivational beliefs and strategies can influence student learning and performance. Research also indicates that changes in these beliefs can precede or even occur in the absence of changes in student performance. Accordingly, the effectiveness of instructional interventions may not be fully recognized when motivation related outcomes are not assessed.Our role as a partner in this initiative is to develop and make available improved tools that MSPs can use to monitor the effectiveness of instructional and curricular interventions with respect to student and teacher motivation. These include measures of motivational beliefs (e.g., achievement goals, self-efficacy, value), affect, strategies for self-regulated learning, and epistemic beliefs about math and science. MSP-MAP also offers technical assistance to help MSPs design and implement professional development activities and programs to facilitate teaching practices that engender more adaptive student motivation.
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"This study examined students' perceptions of family involvement behaviors at home and at school, and the relation between perceived family involvement and perceived family emphasis on mastery and performance...
The MSP-MAP RETA project's final report to NSF includes a summary of project goals and activities for 2003-2007. MSP-MAP was established to develop reliable, valid, and practical tools to assess...
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"This study examined students' perceptions of family involvement behaviors at home and at school, and the relation between perceived family involvement and perceived family emphasis on mastery and performance...
"Our evaluation summit presentation will inform discussions about student learning and participation with data from the first year of our collaboration on student motivation and how it changes over time....
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Teacher professional development (PD) is an essential feature of instructional interventions in general, and for the improvement of students' math and science learning and achievement in particular. The more motivated…
The MSP Motivation Assessment Program has produced a searchable database of resources related to teacher motivation related to professional development.…
