My current research interests focus on understanding instructor beliefs and practices that support motivation and persistence across difficulties, particularly in secondary and postsecondary STEM classrooms.
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Sievers, J., Jalbert, M., Goldstein, M., & Yan, V. X. (2026). What is success? Understanding and addressing evaluation challenges faced by transdisciplinary teams when developing interventions. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07708-9
Sievers, J., Muenks, K. & Goldstein, M. (2026). How will I be graded? The past, present, and future of research on grading policies and student motivation in secondary and postsecondary education. Educational Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2026.2636491
Muenks, K., Sievers, J., Kroeper, K., & Canning, E. (2024). Exploring effects of mixed mindset messages from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instructors. Motivation Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000381
Sievers, J., Mata, R. A., Cawthon, S. W., Vielma, A. G., Yan, Y., Lama, D., Ge, E., Ramesh, G., & Aldaco, S. (2024). “Take a deep breath and re-center the student’s perspective”: Partnering instructors and disabled students for accessible teaching. Teaching of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241269435
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