It is always a treat to have Allan Wigfield come chat with students in my Achievement Motivation seminar! @tjroyuh.bsky.social @zachbaquet.bsky.social @summerrobinson.bsky.social @aera-motsig.bsky.social (1/4)

Today in Achievement Motivation, we had an extremely interesting conversation with @dustinthoman.bsky.social about interest! We talked about how important the social context can be for supporting (or harming) the development of interest, particularly for students with stigmatized identities.

Traditional blood-filtering treatments for children with leukemia come with serious risks. A team from UH and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a safer alternative. stories.uh.edu/2025-childho...

Attended a research meeting today, and a researcher expressed concern that the study will be flagged because we made it possible for patients who only speak Spanish to enroll. I admittedly died a little bit inside. Hard to believe this current state is reality. #StandUpforScience

What We Retrieve Matters Does information related to explicitly retrieved content experience the positive outcomes of the testing effect? theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/02/24/w... #edusky

You can’t improve education unless you know what’s happening in education now. The main source of that information in the US is NCES. The commissioner was just put on leave. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

For #BlackHistoryMonth, let us celebrate the life and accomplishments of Bettye Washington Greene. One of the first African American women in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, her work contributed to innovations in pharmaceuticals and more. 🎢🧪⚛️ #WomenInSTEM en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_...

We investigated belonging as complementary to expectancies and values and found that competence beliefs & perceptions of course importance and cost related to final course grade; crs interest related to contemporaneous grades during course (2/4)

Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.

In our faculty meeting today, we discussed retrieval practice and the counter-intuitive concept that one must forget in order to learn. We shared Tom Sherrignton’s @teacherhead.bsky.social blog post and asked teachers to choose a few strategies to focus on in the coming weeks. bit.ly/3CCUdwR