This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together…
Promoting persistence in STEM Learning Community: Getting started
Earlier this week, about 20 faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) met to kick off a learning community focused…
Student motivation journal club: Supporting our students’ motivation in the era of COVID-19
Our student motivation journal club is ending the academic year in the age of COVID-19 and all that implies: working…
Student motivation journal club: Don’t forget about your strengths when considering ways to improve: The impact of various self-regulated learning strategies on effort intentions
By Heather Fedesco, CFT Assistant Director When we give students feedback on an assignment, we often list what they did…
Student motivation journal club: What do students say matters for their motivation?
What’s more important for supporting our students’ motivation—autonomy, a sense of relatedness, or a sense of competence? That’s the question…
Yours, mine, and ours: What effects does a shared self-transcendent purpose have in the classroom?
Why do you do the work you do? What motivates you to persist when it’s tough—when you read a review…
Grades as a necessary evil? How they affect student motivation and what we can do about it.
By Heather Fedesco, CFT Assistant Director During the December meeting of the CFT’s student motivation journal club, we tackled the perplexing…
Student motivation journal club: The role of trust and relatedness in our classes
Written with Heather Fedesco, Ph.D. In the November meeting of the CFT’s student motivation journal club, we discussed two papers:…
Student motivation journal club: If it’s bigger than you, the boring is worth it: the power of self-transcendent motivation on menial tasks
Guest post by Faith Rovenolt, CFT undergraduate intern, and Heather Fedesco, CFT Assistant Director Unfortunately, it’s hard to avoid the…
Crowdsourcing ideas for student engagement and student challenges
One of the most persistent questions that faculty face is how to engage our students productively, both in and out…
