Markku Niemivirta

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PhD, Docent of Educational Psychology

Teaching

Educational psychology, research on motivation, learning, and well-being; quantitative methods; doctoral studies; thesis supervision

Research

My research focuses on the interplay between students’ motivation, learning, and well-being, and particularly on their developmental and situational dynamics. Also the relationships between the development of math skills and motivation as well as math-related educational pathways and choices are of specific interest to me.

Other

I am the director of KASVA doctoral programme and the chair of the board of FinEd, The Finnish Multidisciplinary Doctoral Training Network on Educational Sciences.

Information on my pre-UEF academic activities can be found here.

Research groups

Motivation, learning, and well-being (MoLeWe UEF) 01.01.2020 -

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Research groups and communities

Motivation, Learning, and Well-Being -Research Collective (MoLeWe)

MoLeWe-logo T he MoLeWe collective represents a group of researchers from the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), University of Helsinki (UH), University of Turku (UTU), National Defence University (NDU), Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), and University of Oulu (UO) collaborating in the fields of education and educational psychology. The MoLeWe site serves as our joint home base where you can find information on our research, including PhD projects, as well as our experiences in the academia. We will share our stories and thoughts in a blog, both in English and in Finnish.

Learning In Digitalized Society (DIGS)

Our multidisciplinary research community, Learning, everyday life and work in a digitalized society (DIGS), involves researchers and research groups from the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Our research covers learning pathways through the whole life span, and focuses on the special nature of learning and its support in the highly digitalized world. We explore the new learning opportunities and possibilities offered by the digitalized society, as well as the learning requirements and expectations set by digitalization.

Preprints

Preprints can be found here.

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You may also find me on Bluesky ja Threads.

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Developmental relations between mathematics self-concept, interest, and achievement: A comparison of solo- and co-taught classes

Growth trajectories of self-concept and interest in mathematics and language – Individual differences and cross-domain relations

Lower secondary students' perfectionistic profiles: Stability, transitions, and connections with well-being

Students’ socioeconomic status and teacher beliefs about learning as predictors of students’ mathematical competence

Achievement emotions and arithmetic fluency – Development and parallel processes during the early school years

Developmental trajectories of school-beginners' ability self-concept, intrinsic value and performance in mathematics

Tavoitteet ja huolet koronapandemian aikana: Perfektionistiset taipumukset opiskelustressin ja siitä selviämisen selittäjänä

iSeeNumbers project report - Main findings and recommendations for practice

‘Am I to blame because my child is not motivated to do math?’: Relationships between parents’ attitudes, beliefs and practices towards mathematics and students’ mathematics motivation and achievement

Does mathematics anxiety moderate the effect of problem difficulty on cognitive effort?

Feeling exhausted and isolated? The connections between university students’ remote teaching and learning experiences, motivation, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

Patterns of symbolic numerical magnitude processing and working memory as predictors of early mathematics performance

Yliopisto-opiskelijoiden motivaatioprofiilit koronapandemian aikana ja toiveet opetuksen toteuttamisesta jatkossa

Developmental relations between mathematics anxiety, symbolic numerical magnitude processing and arithmetic skills from first to second

Kiinnostus ja kuormitus lukion matematiikan opinnoissa

Matemaattisten taitojen ja motivaation profiilit ensimmäisen luokan oppilailla

Matematiikan oppiminen ja motivaatio -teemanumero

Mutual relationships between the levels of and changes in interest, self-efficacy, and perceived difficulty during task engagement

Predicting Mathematical Learning Difficulties Status: The Role of Domain-Specific and Domain-General Skills

Temperamental Sensitivities Differentially Linked With Interest, Strain, and Effort Appraisals

Täydellisyyteen pyrkimistä ja huolta omista suorituksista? Lukiolaisten perfektionismi ja opiskeluhyvinvointi

Motivation across a transition: Changes in achievement goal orientations and academic well-being from elementary to secondary school

Reciprocal Predictions Between Interest, Self-Efficacy, and Performance During a Task

Striving for Success but at What Cost? Subject-Specific Achievement Goal Orientation Profiles, Perceived Cost, and Academic Well-Being

Students' perfectionistic profiles: Stability, change, and associations with achievement goal orientations