The Metacognition and Motivation thrust has two broad goals,

1. to develop a better understanding of how students' metacognitive processes, affect, and motivational states influence robust learning; and

2. to test whether robust learning can be enhanced in learning environments that

a. support or tutor the acquisition of specific metacognitive skills associated with improved self-regulated learning,
b. induce motivational states hypothesized to facilitate learning and performance, and
c. induce affective states known to relate positively to learning, or avoid affective states that are known to relate negatively to learning.

PSLC
M&M (page)

Members

Co-Leaders

Timothy Nokes
Vincent Aleven

Faculty

Ryan Baker
Ken Koedinger
John Levine
Nikol Rummel

Systems Scientist

Phil Pavlik

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ido Roll

Graduate Students

Dan Belenky
Matt Easterday
Soniya Gadgil
Martina Rau