Motivation, learning and environment for learning

The aim of the research group is the identification of individual factors, structural factors, and interactional processes that foster or jeopardise student skill development, engagement and motivation.

The research also develops policies to support individual development and assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of these policies.

In particular, research will focus on individual developmental trajectories, learning difficulties, critical school transitions, cumulative risk and protective factors affecting development, and the study of the development of, for example, interaction, motivation or learning-related emotions as real-time processes.

Research groups in the research area

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Innovative Learning Environments (ILE)

Innovative Learning Environments, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥
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InterLearn – Research team of educational sciences

Within the CoE, the specific aim of the research team of educational sciences is to gain knowledge on factors explaining the interindividual variability in response to support.
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InterLearn – Research team of psychology

Within the CoE, the specific aim of the research team of psychology is to study longitudinally links between children's learning and mental wellbeing.
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Right to Belong: Tackling loneliness and ostracism during childhood and adolescence 2022-2028

The interdisciplinary Right to Belong project (R-to-B) seeks research-based solutions to decrease children’s and youth’s loneliness and ostracism in different environments.
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STAIRWAY – From Primary School to Secondary School study research group

The research group aims to broaden our understanding of the individual- and environment-related factors that promote learning, school well-being and successful educational transitions. The longitudinal study follows a community sample of about 850 Finnish
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The Centre of Excellence for Learning Dynamics and Intervention Research InterLearn

The Centre of Excellence for Learning Dynamics and Intervention Research 2022–2029

Research projects in this research area

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EarlyMath - Pathways to math difficulties: A longitudinal study from birth to school-age

The EarlyMath project (2021-2026) studies children’s early development of mathematical skills, motivation and emotions in interaction with learning environments. We want to understand better why the learning of basic mathematical skills is challenging for
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EduRESCUE

EduRESCUE project seeks solutions to strengthen the resilience of the Finnish education system and improve society's ability to cope with crises in the future.
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Get Involved!

Study investigates the role of parents and teachers in the development of children’s academic achievement, motivation, and behavior across the transition from preschool to primary school.
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Get Involved! Primary School

Learning in primary school: What parents and teachers think, feel and do.
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Promotive and protective factors in the context of reading and math difficulties

This project aims to identify protective factors that enhance resilience in the development of reading and math skills, as well as in broader educational outcomes.
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Winning in the Long Run: Towards a Psychosocial Sustainability of Adolescent Dual Careers

Dual career research project