Uncertainty can derail motivation and online learning for students: expert

Grant Quarry

By Grant Quarry
Published April 23, 2020

For most educators, students and parents the prospect of Term 2 being largely an online learning experience has many concerned about who might fall behind or become disengaged during this experimental and unsure period.

Andrew Martin is Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology at UNSW and a leading expert on the psychology of ...

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