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APS Virtual Poster Showcase
Being Strategic: Making People More Strategic at Managing Their Learning, Motivation, and Performance
Success often depends on more than sheer hard work—it also requires effective strategies. What makes some people more strategic than others, and how can we nurture strategic behaviors? Four speakers from social, educational, and personality psychology leveraged correlational, experimental, and intervention methods to provide new insights into these questions.
Chairs & Discussants
- Patricia ChenChair
National University of Singapore
Presentations
- Studying Hard and Smart: A Brief Intervention Motivates Remedial Action in Students after a Bad GradeXiang Ling Ong
- Difficulty Mindsets Matter for Knowing How to LearnVeronica Yan
- A Strategic Mindset: An Orientation Toward Being Metacognitive during Goal PursuitPatricia Chen
- Metamotivational Knowledge Predicts PerformanceAbigail Scholer