The role of evolutionary psychology in our understanding of human cognition: Consequences for cognitive load theory and instructional procedures

J Sweller - Educational Psychology Review, 2022 - Springer
Cognitive load theory is an instructional design theory based on our knowledge of human
cognitive architecture and evolutionary educational psychology. The theory assumes that …

Cognitive load theory and its relationships with motivation: a self-determination theory perspective

P Evans, M Vansteenkiste, P Parker… - Educational Psychology …, 2024 - Springer
Although cognitive load theory research has studied factors associated with motivation,
these literatures have primarily been developed in isolation from each other. In this …

[HTML][HTML] The role of engagement in immigrant students' academic resilience

AJ Martin, EC Burns, RJ Collie, M Cutmore… - Learning and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Academic resilience refers to academic success despite chronic socio-educational
adversity. Given increases in immigration across the world in the past decade (including in …

Motivational climate theory: Disentangling definitions and roles of classroom motivational support, climate, and microclimates

KA Robinson - Educational Psychologist, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The study of classroom processes that shape students' motivational beliefs, although fruitful,
has suffered from a lack of conceptual clarity in terminology, definitions, distinctions, and …

[HTML][HTML] University students in COVID-19 lockdown: The role of adaptability and fluid reasoning in supporting their academic motivation and engagement

AJ Martin, P Ginns, RJ Collie - Learning and Instruction, 2023 - Elsevier
This study drew on Job Demands-Resources theory and data from 500 Australian university
students to investigate the role of COVID-related lockdown, perceived adaptability, and fluid …

There is an evidence crisis in science educational policy

L Zhang, PA Kirschner, WW Cobern… - Educational Psychology …, 2022 - Springer
There is a considerable gap between many of the findings from educational psychology
research and educational practice. This gap is especially notable in the field of science …

Integrating motivation and instruction: Towards a unified approach in educational psychology

AJ Martin - Educational Psychology Review, 2023 - Springer
Motivation and instruction are two major substantive domains in educational psychology.
Theory and research relevant to each of these domains tend to be diffuse and fragmented …

Optimizing science self-efficacy: A multilevel examination of the moderating effects of anxiety on the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement in science

EC Burns, AJ Martin, RK Kennett, J Pearson… - Contemporary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extant research has demonstrated that anxiety is negatively associated with self-efficacy,
especially in science. However, social cognitive theory also posits that anxiety and self …

High school students' out‐of‐school science participation: A latent class analysis and unique associations with science aspirations and achievement

EC Burns, AJ Martin, R Kennett… - Journal of Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Students' out‐of‐school science participation has been identified as a factor that supports
adaptive science outcomes. Researchers have largely investigated students' out‐of‐school …

Growth goal setting in high school: A large-scale study of perceived instructional support, personal background attributes, and engagement outcomes.

AJ Martin, EC Burns, RJ Collie… - Journal of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The present investigation examined the role of teachers' instructional support (student
reports of relevance, organization and clarity, feedback-feedforward) in predicting students' …