Educational outcomes remain highly unequal within and across nations. Students' mindsets—
their beliefs about whether intellectual abilities can be developed—have been identified as …

Throughout 2023 and 2024, we served as co-guest editors of a topical collection in
Educational Psychology Review on The Past, Present, and Future of Theory Development in …

In this paper, we examine traditional psychosocial approaches to the study of student
agency in science education, emphasizing the importance of incorporating sociocultural and …

Multiple empirical studies suggest teacher empathy supports improved educational
outcomes for all students, particularly in diverse settings; however, recent research shows …

Research on classroom motivational climates and microclimates—students' shared and
idiosyncratic perceptions of motivational classroom features—demonstrates their importance …

Successful women role models can be—but are not always—effective in increasing pursuit
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers among girls. What …

Academic achievement depends not only on learners' skill but also the psychological factors
that arise during learning, such as the belief that intelligence improves with effort—a growth …

Students vary in their perceptions of teachers' motivational supports, even within the same
classroom, but it is unclear why this is the case. To enable the design of equitable …

Although achievement motivation research has produced powerful principles for supporting
students in general, minoritized students' motivational experiences and evidence of …

Achievement motivation is fundamental for human flourishing. While numerous adaptive
motivational constructs have been proposed, they are often examined in isolation without …