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Educational psychology

Taken at the back of a lecture hall, with rows of students in seats and maths formulae visible on the projector screen in the background.

Learning more about how we learn

From primary education to upskilling adults, education plays a central and important role in our lives.

How do children and adults learn?
Under what conditions is learning optimal?
How do emotions, interests, and personality influence the way learning takes place?
Why do some people learn more easily than others?
What is the relation between neural processes and learning (educational neuroscience)?
And what can teachers, parents, and peers do to support learning?

Group members aim to advance our understanding of these and other questions by integrating techniques and methodologies from experimental psychology, social psychology, cognitive (neuro)science and other related disciplines.

We are committed to producing high quality work that directly benefits society. Our work is related to other research areas such as emotion, and justice, fairness and equality.

Publications

2023

Armani, Federica and Daly, Ian and Vernitski, Alexei and Gillmeister, Helge and Scherer, Reinhold (2023) Maths Anxiety and cognitive state monitoring for neuroadaptive learning systems using electroencephalography. In: IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), 2023-10-25 - 2023-10-27, Milano, Italy. (In Press)
Bardach, Lisa and Yanagida, Takuya and Goetz, Thomas and Jach, Hayley and Pekrun, Reinhard (2023) Self-Regulated and Externally Regulated Learning in Adolescence: Developmental Trajectories and Relations with Teacher Behavior, Parent Behavior, and Academic Achievement. Developmental Psychology, 59 (7). pp. 1327-1345.
Basarkod, Geetanjali and Marsh, Herbert W and Guo, Jiesi and Parker, Philip D and Dicke, Theresa and Pekrun, Reinhard (2023) The Happy-Fish-Little-Pond Effect on Enjoyment: Generalizability Across Multiple Domains and Countries. Learning and Instruction, 85. p. 101733.
Beaumont, Joanna and Putwain, David W and Gallard, Diahann and Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Marsh, Herbert W and Pekrun, Reinhard (2023) Students’ Emotion Regulation and School-Related Wellbeing: Longitudinal Models Juxtaposing Between- and Within-Person Perspectives. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115 (7). pp. 932-950.
Goetz, T and Bieleke, M and Yanagida, T and Krannich, M and Roos, A-L and Frenzel, AC and Lipnevich, AA and Pekrun, R (2023) Test Boredom: Exploring a Neglected Emotion. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115 (7). pp. 911-931. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000807 (In Press)
Marsh, HW and Reeve, J and Guo, J and Pekrun, R and Parada, R and Parker, P and Basarkod, G and Craven, R and Jang, H and Dicke, T and Ciarocci, J and Baljinder, S and Devine, E and Cheon, S (2023) Overcoming Limitations in Peer Victimization Research that Impede Successful Intervention: Challenges and New Directions. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18 (4). pp. 812-828.
Marsh, Herbert W and Lüdtke, Oliver and Pekrun, Reinhard and Parker, Philip D and Murayama, Kou and Guo, Jiesi and Basarkod, Geetanjali and Dicke, Theresa and Donald, James N and Morin, Alexandre JS (2023) School Leaders’ Self-Efficacy and Job Satisfaction Over Nine Annual Waves: A Substantive-Methodological Synergy Juxtaposing Competing Models of Directional Ordering. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 73. p. 102170.
Pekrun, Reinhard (2023) Mind and body in students' and teachers' engagement: New evidence, challenges, and guidelines for future research. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93 (S1). pp. 227-238.
Putwain, David W and Symes, Wendy and Marsh-Henry, Zhané and Marsh, Herbert W and Pekrun, Reinhard (2023) COVID-19 Meets Control-Value Theory: Emotional Reactions to Canceled High-Stakes Examinations. Learning and Individual Differences, 105. p. 102319.
Schukajlow, Stanislaw and Rakoczy, Katrin and Pekrun, Reinhard (2023) Emotions and Motivation in Mathematics Education: Where We are Today and Where We Need to Go. ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 55 (2). pp. 249-267.
Shao, Kaiqi and Stockinger, Kristina and Pekrun, Reinhard and Marsh, Herbert W (2023) Applying Control-Value Theory for Examining Multiple Emotions in Second Language Classrooms: Validating the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire-Second Language Learning. Language Teaching Research. p. 136216882211444.

2022

Dommett, Ellie and Dinu, Larisa and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Keightley, Samual and Gardner, Benjamin (2022) Effects of captions, transcripts and reminders on learning and perceptions of lecture capture: A mixed-methods case study. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 19 (1). 20-.
Erturk, Sinan and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Igou, Eric (2022) Off the mark: Repetitive marking undermines essay evaluations due to boredom. Motivation and Emotion, 46 (2). pp. 264-275. (In Press)
Forsblom, Lara and Pekrun, Reinhard and Loderer, Kristina and Peixoto, Francisco (2022) Cognitive appraisals, achievement emotions, and students’ math achievement: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114 (2). pp. 346-367.
Graham, Matthew C and Husman, Jenefer and Pekrun, Reinhard and Villanueva, Idalis and Christensen, Darcie (2022) The dynamic experience of taking an examination: Ever changing cortisol and expectancy for success. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93 (S1). pp. 195-210.
Guo, Jiesi and Hu, Xiang and Marsh, Herbert W and Pekrun, Reinhard (2022) Relations of epistemic beliefs with motivation, achievement, and aspirations in science: Generalizability across 72 societies. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114 (4). pp. 734-751.
Lichtenfeld, Stephanie and Pekrun, Reinhard and Marsh, Herbert W and Nett, Ulrike E and Reiss, Kristina (2022) Achievement Emotions and Elementary School Children’s Academic Performance: Longitudinal Models of Developmental Ordering. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115 (4). pp. 552-570. (In Press)
Marsh, Herbert W and Pekrun, Reinhard and Lüdtke, Oliver (2022) Directional Ordering of Self-Concept, School Grades, and Standardized Tests Over Five Years: New Tripartite Models Juxtaposing Within- and Between-Person Perspectives. Educational Psychology Review, 34 (4). pp. 2697-2744.
Niepel, Christoph and Marsh, Herbert W and Guo, Jiesi and Pekrun, Reinhard and Möller, Jens (2022) Revealing dynamic relations between mathematics self-concept and perceived achievement from lesson to lesson: An experience-sampling study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114 (6). pp. 1380-1393.
Putwain, David W and Wood, Peter and Pekrun, Reinhard (2022) Achievement emotions and academic achievement: Reciprocal relations and the moderating influence of academic buoyancy. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114 (1). pp. 108-126.

2019 - 2021

Pekrun, Reinhard (2021) 'Emotions in Reading and Learning from Texts: Progress and Open Problems.' Discourse Processes. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0163-853X
Stoet, Gijsbert and Geary, David C (2020) 'The Gender-Equality Paradox Is Part of a Bigger Phenomenon: Reply to Richardson and Colleagues (2020).' Psychological Science. ISSN 0956-7976
Stoet, Gijsbert and Geary, David C (2020) 'Sex-specific academic ability and attitude patterns in students across developed countries.' Intelligence, 81. ISSN 0160-2896
Marsh, Herbert W and Pekrun, Reinhard and Parker, Philip D and Murayama, Kou and Guo, Jiesi and Dicke, Theresa and Arens, A Katrin (2019) 'The murky distinction between self-concept and self-efficacy: Beware of lurking jingle-jangle fallacies.' Journal of Educational Psychology, 111 (2). 331 - 353. ISSN 0022-0663

Academics

Professor Reinhard Pekrun

Professor

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Also interested in: Emotion.

Professor Gijsbert Stoet

Professor

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Also interested in: Justice, fairness and equality.

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