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MSP-MAP II: Teacher Motivation in Professional Development

image for project MSP - Motivation Assessment Program II (MSP-MAP II): Teacher Motivation in Professional Development MSP-MAP II is systematically applying current work on teacher motivation to the domain of teacher PD with the following goals:

(1) developing a knowledge base of motivation theory, research and assessment that is relevant for the PD process;
(2) developing and making available a suite of motivation-related reliable and valid assessment tools for MSP projects to use for formative and summative evaluation;
(3) collaborating with MSP projects to test and refine the proposed model of motivation in teacher PD;
(4) facilitating the incorporation of the model and motivation-related PD assessment tools into existing and future MSP logic models and evaluation designs; and
(5) disseminating the PD model and assessment tools to the broader teaching and research communities.

Through its systematic study, surveying more than 2,000 teachers, MSP-MAP II is contributing to the growing theoretical and empirical literature on teacher motivation, particularly in regard to expectancy-value, achievement goals and interest theories.

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MSP-Motivation Assessment Program II: Teacher Motivation in Professional Development

Teacher professional development (PD) is an essential feature of instructional interventions in general, and for the improvement of students math and science learning and achievement in particular. The more motivated…

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Teacher Motivation and Professional Development: A Guide to Resources

Teacher Motivation and Professional Development: A Guide to Resources provides information on teacher motivation for those planning, conducting, and evaluating PD in math and science. Over 250 resources relevant to…

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Teacher Motivation and Professional Development: Resources Database

In addition to the summary of the literature, resources have been categorized into a searchable database according to keywords that were used to describe or define teacher motivation related to…