MILES Lab

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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

Jessica Hunter, Marianne Dubé, Cole Johnson, Romane Monnet, Sanheeta Shankar, Kristy Robinson, Rachael Diamant, and Sydney Perkins standing outside and smiling
MILES Lab members Jessica Hunter, Cole Johnson, Sanheeta Shankar, and Xinyi Shi pose with MILES Lab alum So Yeon Lee
Part 2 of the MILES Lab AERA 2026 schedule: Friday 1:45pm: Real insights from real classrooms: Motivation scholars’ experiences designing for and working with observational data - Co-chaired by Jessica Hunter Iterating Towards Success: The Developmental Process of an Observational Manual for Teachers’ Motivational Supports - Jessica & our entire team! Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Beaudry B Saturday 9:45am: Contextual Influences on Motivation: Values, Beliefs, and Situational Dynamics Discussant: Kristy A. Robinson Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Santa Barbara C Saturday 11:45am: Bridging Equity Gaps in STEM: Insights from the Upcoming Handbook on Gender and STEM Discussant: Kristy A. Robinson Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Beaudry B Saturday 3:45pm: Collective Connections: Predictors and Outcomes of Relatedness Consensus in Large-Lecture Classrooms Cole Johnson & team LA Convention Center Level 2, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A You’ll find us all at the Motivation SIG Business Meeting & following social on Saturday evening!
Canva poster (part 1 of 2) titled AERA 2026 Here we come! includes MILES Lab schedule of presentations for Wednesday, April 8 and Friday, April 10 Wednesday 7:45am: Mapping the Weekly Dynamics of Expectancy-Value-Cost Beliefs: Subject-Specific Patterns in Motivational Networks - Xinyi Shi & Yi Jiang JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 2, Table 6 Wednesday 9:45am: Too hot, too cold, or just right? Motivational Microclimates and Correlates in Three STEM Courses Kristy A. Robinson, Jessica Hunter, Cole D. Johnson, & Sanheeta Shankar Westin Bonaventure, Level 2, Mt. Washington Wednesday 3:45pm: Motivation in Education SIG In-Progress Research Event - Co-chaired by Sanheeta Shankar See our work from the Bootcamp project led by Samantha Mackie & presented by Jessica Hunter Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Beaudry B Friday 7:45am: Not Just Fitting In: Belonging Opportunity Structures for Black, Latiné, & Indigenous Students Sanheeta Shankar & Kristy A. Robinson Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Beaudry B
Graphs of the 4-profile solutions are displayed, with names of the profiles being "Moderate Mixed Motivation, Invited In," "Value Focused Mixed Motivation, Weeded Out," Confident and Interested, Stable Intentions," and "Cost Focused Mixed Motivation, Weeded Out"
The bride surrounded by McGill grad student and professor guests on the dance floor
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"
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"
Dynamics of Student Engagement and Peer Influence in Collaborative Settings Wednesday 10:50 am to 12:20pm Room 404
sweating choice meme with the first button labeled "Expectancy-Value Theory" and the second button labeled "Expectancy-Value-Cost Theory"
"one does not simply meme" (from Lord of the Rings) with the text "One does not simply use extrinsic motivators"
Leo DiCaprio in Django Unchained meme, with the text "Using a little healthy competition as motivation? More like prompting performance goals by making social comparisons salient"
women yelling at cat meme, with the women captioned "I gave you autonomy, I gave you opportunities to make choices" and the cat captioned "But you didn't give me structure"
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
car swerving meme with "social comparisons" on the main road and "intra-personal comparisons" on the exit sign
lonely guy meme with the text: performance goals without mastery goals
Facebook flag symbol and the text "Marked safe from external, uncontrollable attributions today"