
MARKKU NIEMIVIRTA
Professor, Educational Science
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
Keywords
Teaching Activities
Educational psychology, quantitative research methods, PhD 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, 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
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Twitter @MNiemivirta
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Link Members of our research collective Learning, Motivation, and Well-Being (MoLeWe – UH) at the University of Helsinki
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Link Collaboration project (iSeeNumbers) at the University of Oslo, lead by associate professor Riikka Mononen
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Link Info on my pre-UEF activities (publications, etc.)
Publications
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Nuutila, Katariina; Tapola, Anna; Tuominen, Heta; Kupiainen, Sirkku; Pásztor, Attila; Niemivirta, Markku. 2020. Reciprocal Predictions Between Interest, Self-Efficacy, and Performance During a Task Frontiers in education 5: 1-13. 2020
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Ståhlberg, Jenny; Tuominen, Heta; Pulkka, Antti-Tuomas; Niemivirta, Markku. 2020. Students' perfectionistic profiles: Stability, change, and associations with achievement goal orientations Psychology in the schools [Epub ahead of print 28 Oct 2020]: 1-23. 2020
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Tuominen, Heta; Juntunen, Henriikka; Niemivirta, Markku. 2020. Striving for Success but at What Cost? Subject-Specific Achievement Goal Orientation Profiles, Perceived Cost, and Academic Well-Being Frontiers in psychology 11: 557445. 2020
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Tuominen, Heta; Niemivirta, Markku; Lonka, Kirsti; Salmela-Aro, Katariina. 2020. Motivation across a transition: Changes in achievement goal orientations and academic well-being from elementary to secondary school Learning and individual differences 79: 101854. 2020