Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia
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Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Assistant Professor

Research Summary:
My research focuses on the development of achievement motivation in school settings (primarily K - 12) and the interplay among achievement motivation, affect, and learning. I am particularly interested in understanding how to create classroom contexts that promote adaptive forms of motivation and in understanding the interplay between the classroom environment and individual differences. A second area of research concerns the interplay among forms of achievement motivation (e.g., achievement goals, efficacy, interest), affect (moods and emotions), and students? engagement and learning in school. I investigate both of these types of questions in the domains of mathematics and science learning, with a focus on small group instruction in mathematics and conceptual change in science. The goal of this research is to further our theoretical understanding of children?s development while also informing educational practice and policy.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Linnenbrink, E.A. (2005). The dilemma of performance-approach goals: The use of multiple goal contexts to promote students’ motivation and learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 197-213.
  2. Linnenbrink, E. A. & Pintrich, P.R. (2002). Achievement goal theory and affect: An asymmetrical bidirectional model. Educational Psychologist, 37, 69-78.
  3. Linnenbrink, E.A "Person and context: Theoretical and practical concerns in achievement goal theory." Advances in motivation and achievement: Motivating students, improving schools: The legacy of Carol Midgley. Ed. P.R. Pintrich; M.L. Maehr Greenwich, CT: Elsevier - JAI, 2004: 159-184.
  4. Linnenbrink, E.A. & Pintrich, P.R "Role of affect in cognitive processing in academic contexts." Motivation, emotion, and cognition: Integrative perspectives on intellectual functioning and development. Ed. D.Y. Dai; J. Sternberg Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004: 57-87.
  5. Linnenbrink, E. A. & Pintrich, P.R. (2002). Motivation as an enabler for academic success. School Psychology Review, 31, 313-327.