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Overview

Stuart A. Karabenick was a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their scholarly work spanned psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on education and developmental and educational psychology as key subfields. The areas they explored included innovative teaching and learning methods, school choice and performance, as well as motivation and self-concept in sports.

The scientist authored papers addressing a variety of education-related topics, often emphasizing cognitive and motivational aspects within learning environments. Notable works include the following:

  • "Associations between learning analytics dashboard exposure and motivation and self-regulated learning," 2020, published in Computers & Education
  • "Teachers caring for students and students caring for math: The development of culturally and linguistically diverse adolescents' math motivation," 2021, Journal of School Psychology
  • "Strategy Motivation and Strategy Use: Role of Student Appraisals of Utility and Cost," 2021, Metacognition and Learning
  • "Less direct than you thought: Do teachers transmit math value to students through their cognitive support for understanding?" 2021, Learning and Instruction
  • "Measuring Fundamentalism Across the Abrahamic Faiths," 2021, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Throughout their career, Karabenick collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Anna-Lena Dicke
  • Nayssan Safavian
  • Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Stephen J. Aguilar
  • Stephanie D. Teasley

Their research was published in established venues such as:

  • Computers & Education
  • Journal of School Psychology
  • Metacognition and Learning
  • Learning and Instruction
  • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Primary research topics addressed by Karabenick included:

  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Online Learning and Analytics

The researcher's work intersected multiple disciplines, contributing to the understanding of psychological, social, and educational processes affecting learners and educators alike. Their investigations frequently involved questions of motivation, utility appraisal, and cognitive support in educational contexts.

Best Publications

  • Relationship of Academic Help Seeking to the Use of Learning Strategies and Other Instrumental Achievement Behavior in College Students.

    Stuart A. Karabenick;John R. Knapp

  • Perceived Achievement Goal Structure and College Student Help Seeking.

    Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Professional Development Implications of Teachers' Beliefs and Attitudes toward English Language Learners.

    Stuart A. Karabenick;Phyllis A. Clemens Noda

  • Assessing Academic Self-Regulated Learning

    Christopher A. Wolters;Paul R. Pintrich;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Seeking help in large college classes: A person-centered approach

    Stuart A Karabenick

  • Measuring Situational Interest in Academic Domains.

    Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia;Amanda M. Durik;Anne Marie M Conley;Kenneth E. Barron

  • Pretty pleases: The effects of physical attractiveness, race, and sex on receiving help

    Peter L. Benson;Stuart A. Karabenick;Richard M. Lerner

  • Cognitive Processing of Self-Report Items in Educational Research: Do They Think What We Mean?

    Stuart A. Karabenick;Michael E. Woolley;Jeanne M. Friedel;Bridget V. Ammon

  • Inherent Association Between Academic Delay of Gratification, Future Time Perspective, and Self-Regulated Learning

    Hefer Bembenutty;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Motivation and students’ use of learning strategies: Evidence of unidirectional effects in mathematics classrooms

    Jean-Louis Berger;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Help seeking and the need for academic assistance

    Stuart A. Karabenick;John R. Knapp

  • Relations among Physical Attractiveness, Body Attitudes, and Self-Concept in Male and Female College Students

    Richard M. Lerner;Stuart A. Karabenick;Joyce L. Stuart

  • Psychopathology and academic performance: The role of motivation and learning strategies.

    Barbara E. Brackney;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Academic Delay of Gratification

    Héfer Bembenutty;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Strategic help seeking : implications for learning and teaching

    Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Help seeking in academic settings : goals, groups, and contexts

    Stuart A. Karabenick;Richard S. Newman

  • Physical attractiveness, body attitudes, and self-concept in late adolescents.

    Richard M. Lerner;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Taking Teacher Responsibility into Account(ability): Explicating Its Multiple Components and Theoretical Status.

    Fani Lauermann;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice

    Paul W. Richardson;Stuart A. Karabenick;Helen M.G. Watt

  • Relevance for Learning and Motivation in Education

    Jeffrey R. Albrecht;Stuart A. Karabenick

  • The Meaning and Measure of Teachers' Sense of Responsibility for Educational Outcomes.

    Fani Lauermann;Stuart A. Karabenick

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
Thomas K. Srull
Thomas K. Srull University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Avi Kaplan
Avi Kaplan Temple University
Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia
Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia Michigan State University
Judith M. Harackiewicz
Judith M. Harackiewicz University of Wisconsin–Madison

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