MARKKU NIEMIVIRTA

Professor

Educational psychology, research on motivation and learning; PhD, docent of educational psychology

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

Contact info

Organization

Philosophical Faculty, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education

Email

markku.niemivirta@uef.fi

Phone

+358 50 518 9827

Keywords

anxiety children development educational psychology educational well-being exhaustion goal orientation interest learning mathematical thinking motivation perfectionism person-oriented research positive youth development quantitative research school achievement self-efficacy self-regulation studying temperament

Teaching Activities

Educational psychology, quantitative research methods, doctoral studies

Research groups and research projects

Our research collective (Motivation, Learning, and Well-Being; MoLeWe) includes researchers and PhD students from the University of Eastern Finland, University of Helsinki, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, and University of Oslo. Our research topics range from temperament to the development of mathematical thinking, from the neural correlates of error-related processing to perfectionism, and from classroom study experiences to cultural differences in motivation. Among other things.

RESEARCH GROUPS - UEF

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