
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 UEF representative on 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
Projects
Research groups and communities
Motivation, Learning, and Well-Being -Research Collective (MoLeWe)
The 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.
Keywords
Publications
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Achievement emotions and arithmetic fluency – Development and parallel processes during the early school years
Rawlings, Anna Maria; Niemivirta, Markku; Korhonen, Johan; Lindskog, Marcus; Tuominen, Heta; Mononen, Riikka. 2023. Learning and instruction. 86: -
Tavoitteet ja huolet koronapandemian aikana: Perfektionistiset taipumukset opiskelustressin ja siitä selviämisen selittäjänä
Tuominen, Heta; Hirvonen, Riikka; Juntunen, Henriikka; Viljaranta, Jaana; Niemivirta, Markku. 2023. Kasvatus. 54: 5-22 -
iSeeNumbers project report - Main findings and recommendations for practice
Mononen, Riikka; Korhonen, Johan; Niemivirta, Markku; Rawlings, Anna Maria; Tapola, Anna; Tuominen, Heta. 2023. . . University of Oslo -
Does mathematics anxiety moderate the effect of problem difficulty on cognitive effort?
Throndsen, Terje Ulv; Lindskog, Marcus; Niemivirta, Markku; Mononen, Riikka. 2022. Scandinavian journal of psychology. 63: 601-608 -
Feeling exhausted and isolated? The connections between university students’ remote teaching and learning experiences, motivation, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Juntunen, Henriikka; Tuominen, Heta; Viljaranta, Jaana; Hirvonen, Riikka; Toom, Auli; Niemivirta, Markku. 2022. Educational psychology. 42: 1241-1262 -
Patterns of symbolic numerical magnitude processing and working memory as predictors of early mathematics performance
Mononen, Riikka; Niemivirta, Markku. 2022. European journal of psychology of education. 2023; 38: 311-332 -
Yliopisto-opiskelijoiden motivaatioprofiilit koronapandemian aikana ja toiveet opetuksen toteuttamisesta jatkossa
Tuominen, Heta; Pikkarainen, Paavo; Hirvonen, Riikka; Juntunen, Henriikka; Viljaranta, Jaana; Niemivirta, Markku. 2022. Kasvatus. 53: 547-552 -
Developmental relations between mathematics anxiety, symbolic numerical magnitude processing and arithmetic skills from first to second
Mononen, Riikka; Niemivirta, Markku; Korhonen, Johan; Lindskog, Marcus; Tapola, Anna. 2021. Cognition and emotion. [Epub ahead of print 16 Dec 2021]: 1-21 -
Kiinnostus ja kuormitus lukion matematiikan opinnoissa
Niemivirta, Markku; Pulkka, Antti-Tuomas; Rawlings, Anna Maria; Tapola, Anna; Tuominen, Heta. 2021. Psykologia. 56: 600-616 -
Matemaattisten taitojen ja motivaation profiilit ensimmäisen luokan oppilailla
Tuominen, Heta; Niemivirta, Markku; Korhonen, Johan; Tapola, Anna; Mononen, Riikka. 2021. Psykologia. 56: 548-566