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Motivation, Identity, Learning, and Education in STEM Lab @mcgill.ca

Going the extra MILES to support students' learning and development.

Led by Kristy Robinson https://bsky.app/profile/krisarob.bsky.social

https://www.kristyarobinson.com/miles-lab.htm
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J'ai passé un moment formidable à l'Université Laval! Un grand merci à tous ceux qui ont assisté à la conférence et qui m'ont si bien accueilli!

I had a wonderful time at @ulaval.ca ! Many thanks to those who attended the talks and who made me feel so welcome!
A group of ULaval scholars and me at dinner
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Excited to share my new paper in CEP! The part I’m most excited about: we modeled how students’ major intentions shift alongside their motivational beliefs (expectancy, value, cost), offering a snapshot of the beliefs students hold as they navigate decisions about their majors.
mileslab.bsky.social MILES Lab @mileslab.bsky.social · Sep 2
📢Newly published CEP piece "Make or break STEM course experiences: Profiles of situated expectancy, value, cost, and major intentions" led by @sanheeta.bsky.social is FREE for 50 days here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1liIQ,8E16...

To look at how students make STEM decisions... @aera-motsig.bsky.social
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September 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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krisarob.bsky.social Dr. Kristy A. Robinson @krisarob.bsky.social · Sep 25
#tbt to our @mcgilleducation.bsky.social Learning Sciences bonfire and potluck a couple Saturdays ago. Many thanks to Krista Muis for hosting and to everyone who attended for making it such a fun night! I was extremely touched by the way students organized to mark and celebrate my tenure. ❤️
a group photo of Learning Sciences graduate students and faculty
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📢Newly published CEP piece "Make or break STEM course experiences: Profiles of situated expectancy, value, cost, and major intentions" led by @sanheeta.bsky.social is FREE for 50 days here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1liIQ,8E16...

To look at how students make STEM decisions... @aera-motsig.bsky.social
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September 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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MILES Lab representing at #APA25!
krisarob.bsky.social Dr. Kristy A. Robinson @krisarob.bsky.social · Aug 13
I was pretty bad at taking pictures but #APA25 sure was lovely! Missed seeing folks who couldn’t make it but it was a joy to see those who could! Many thanks to Div 15 for making a fantastic program!
Kristy next to one poster and holding another. Poster titles are “One Classroom, Many Views: Factors Behind Student Agreement and Disagreement on Goal Structures” led by Sanheeta Shankar and “Are Perceived Motivational Support or Climate Perceptions More Important for Motivational Beliefs?” Kristy, Revathy Kumar, and Avi Kaplan inside Meow Wolf exhibit Kristy with Adar Ben-Eliyahu and the caption “Academic siblings, shoutout to the Linnenbrink-Garcia Lab”
August 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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MILES Lab proudly celebrates the publication—immediate acceptance with no reckons—of a brand new marriage! 🥂 Many congrats to Jessica and Matt and thank you so much for including us on your beautiful day!
The bride surrounded by McGill grad student and professor guests on the dance floor MILES lab PI and students, also Krista Muis and Jared Robinson, sitting together at the wedding dinner
July 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Live footage of our team getting @aeraedresearch.bsky.social submissions finalized:
July 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Pre-sabbatical summer starting off strong--I'm working my way through the important articles (+ their rich reference lists) in the fantastic special issue of CEP on Moving Educational Psychology Towards Anti-Racist Bodies of Knowledge: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... HIGHLY recommended!
Contemporary Educational Psychology | Methodological and Theoretical Guidance: Moving Educational Psychology Towards Anti-Racist Bodies of Knowledge | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
For this special issue, we aim to solicit 8 – 10 guidance papers to be part of the special issue, each around 4,000-5,000 words. We invite papers across a variety of topics, with the goal of providing...
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June 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Heads up that #AERA2026 reviewer invitations are starting to go out! We need YOU--many hands make light work! @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aera-motsig-grad.bsky.social
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Alt: a batman logo is being projected on a dark background
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June 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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MILES Lab students @sanheeta.bsky.social and Jessica Hunter are at @canadianpsychology.bsky.social and shared their posters this morning--way to go!
PhD candidate Sanheeta Shankar standing next to her poster titled "On the same page (mostly): Patterns of student consensus and ratings of goal climates in STEM" PhD student Jessica Hunter standing next to her poster titled "Factors shaping STEM students’ feelings of autonomy: Insights from survey responses"
June 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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MILES Lab students had a great time at #SALTISE! Thanks to everyone who asked great questions and provided feedback!
MA student Romane Monnet next to her poster titled "Best Practices fr the Transmission of Knowledge in Science Laboratories"; she also presented a talk entitled "Data sharing parties: Disseminating classroom research findings and maintaining fruitful partnerships with collaborating instructors" MA student Marianne Dubé next to her poster "More than just a number: Understanding students’ perceptions of specifications grading" Outgoing MA student (and PhD student at UQAM this fall!) Florence Lessard next to her poster "Factors shaping students’ feelings of competence in undergraduate STEM education: A thematic analysis"
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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📢 New publication alert! 📢 #AcademicSky #psychology #EduSky #EdPsych
June 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Just published, hooray! psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

We learned so much from the process of writing this, and from the AERA session in which we first shared results last year. @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aeradivcgrad.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social #AcademicSky #CritQuant #edusky
Screenshot of the article including the title, "Motivational Trajectories and Experiences of Minoritized Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: A Critical Quantitative Examination of Existing Data," authors, and part of the abstract
January 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Throwback to some fun times at #AERA25 www.kristyarobinson.com/blog/miles-l...
MILES Lab & friends at AERA 2025 - Denver, CO, USA
Associate Professor, motivation enthusiast, reader, runner, and mom
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June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Celebrating big wins in the @mileslab.bsky.social — federal and provincial funding awards, and graduations! What a great way to end the semester! 😍
May 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Great news--you can still volunteer to review for #AERA2026! To do so, go to www.aera.net/Membership/M... and click on "2026 AERA Annual Meeting - Call for Reviewers is Now Open." @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aera-motsig-grad.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
Screenshot of where to click to volunteer to review, with an arrow pointing to the link
May 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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MILES Lab and friends at #AERA2025 ❤️ We loved seeing you all!
May 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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#tbt to this poster presentation at #AERA2025 led by Jessica Hunter and assisted by this awesome team, including @sanheeta.bsky.social @samanthamackie.bsky.social Great job, team! And thanks to those who stopped by to discuss!
May 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Happening now #AERA2025: come see Cole present his paper « Helpful, Harmful, or Somewhere Between? Exploring Features of Peer Motivational Climate Among University Mathematics Students »

Room 404!
Dynamics of Student Engagement and Peer Influence in Collaborative Settings Wednesday 10:50 am to 12:20pm Room 404 List of papers being presented in the session, including Cole’s paper « Helpful, Harmful, or Somewhere in Between: Exploring Features of Peer Motivational Climate Among University Mathematics Students »
April 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Congrats to PhD students Jessica Hunter and @sanheeta.bsky.social for winning second place in our department's International Graduate Student poster competition! 🎉
April 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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When you just want to write about your favorite theory without accidentally wading into a controversy. As another plot twist: whether or not to include "situated" in the title. :)

#MotivationScholarMemes #MotivationMonday
sweating choice meme with the first button labeled "Expectancy-Value Theory" and the second button labeled "Expectancy-Value-Cost Theory"
January 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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New year, new opportunities to motivate & be motivated! Careful use of praise and rewards can be helpful when otherwise lacking good reasons for engaging, but they're a risky move for the already motivated folks.
#MotivationMonday #MotivationScholarMemes #EduSky #AcademicSky @aera-motsig.bsky.social
"one does not simply meme" (from Lord of the Rings) with the text "One does not simply use extrinsic motivators"
January 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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New year, new opportunities to motivate & be motivated! Careful use of praise and rewards can be helpful when otherwise lacking good reasons for engaging, but they're a risky move for the already motivated folks.
#MotivationMonday #MotivationScholarMemes #EduSky #AcademicSky @aera-motsig.bsky.social
"one does not simply meme" (from Lord of the Rings) with the text "One does not simply use extrinsic motivators"
January 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Check out our newest lab publication!
krisarob.bsky.social Dr. Kristy A. Robinson @krisarob.bsky.social · Jan 7
Just published, hooray! psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

We learned so much from the process of writing this, and from the AERA session in which we first shared results last year. @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aeradivcgrad.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social #AcademicSky #CritQuant #edusky
January 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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#tbt to an oldie but a goodie that we use a lot in our presentations! #edusky #academicsky #MotivationScholarMemes #edpsych

For more on this, see Dr. R's open access article on motivational support and climate: doi.org/10.1080/0046...
Drake meme with "Motivation is a trait: you have it or you don't" on top and "motivation is a highly contextual, socially regulated process" on the bottom
November 21, 2024 at 5:07 PM