Domain D5
Emotion & Motivation
How do feelings, stress and a sense of agency shape what students learn?
The interplay between emotion, attention and memory, and frameworks for understanding motivation that avoid quick fixes.
Key claims in this domain
- Established finding
Emotion influences attention, encoding and retrieval of information.
- Interpretation
Supporting students’ sense of autonomy, competence and relatedness may sustain motivation more durably than external rewards alone.
Modules
- Emotion and memoryWhy emotionally significant events can be remembered differently.Planned
- Motivation and autonomySelf-determination theory in classroom terms.Planned
- Curiosity and interestWhat sparks and sustains interest, and its limits.Planned
- Belonging and safetyClassroom climate and the willingness to attempt hard tasks.Planned
- Stress and learningWhen pressure helps and when it gets in the way.Planned
- Cognitive engagementDistinguishing busy activity from active thinking (ICAP).Planned