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Using Virtual Environments to Motivate Students to Pursue STEM Careers: An Expectancy-Value Model

Using Virtual Environments to Motivate Students to Pursue STEM Careers: An Expectancy-Value Model

Jason A. Chen, Nick Zap, Chris Dede
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466626706|ISBN10: 1466626704|EISBN13: 9781466627017
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2670-6.ch003
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Chen, Jason A., et al. "Using Virtual Environments to Motivate Students to Pursue STEM Careers: An Expectancy-Value Model." Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities, and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education, edited by Steven D’Agustino, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 42-56. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2670-6.ch003

APA

Chen, J. A., Zap, N., & Dede, C. (2013). Using Virtual Environments to Motivate Students to Pursue STEM Careers: An Expectancy-Value Model. In S. D’Agustino (Ed.), Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities, and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education (pp. 42-56). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2670-6.ch003

Chicago

Chen, Jason A., Nick Zap, and Chris Dede. "Using Virtual Environments to Motivate Students to Pursue STEM Careers: An Expectancy-Value Model." In Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities, and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education, edited by Steven D’Agustino, 42-56. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2670-6.ch003

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to bring a rigorous and well-studied theoretical framework of motivation to the study and design of virtual learning environments. The authors outline the key motivation constructs that compose Eccles and Wigfield’s Expectancy-Value Theory (e.g., Eccles, et al., 1989; Wigfield & Eccles, 1992, 2000), and how it can be used in the creation of a virtual learning environment designed to promote students’ interest in and motivation to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers. In addition, using Brophy’s (1999) model of the motivated learner, the authors outline how this type of motivational virtual environment can be incorporated in classroom instruction to further bolster adolescents’ motivation and competence in mathematics. Finally, they describe a NSF-funded project underway at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education that seeks to develop a 4-day mathematics intervention, merging innovative technologies with regular classroom instruction to spark students’ interest in STEM careers.

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