Media Coverage
Education Week spoke with Rosenzweig about what鈥檚 getting in the way of student motivation and what teachers can do about it. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Dr. Emily Rosenzweig Discusses How Real-World Problem Solving Can Boost STEM Motivation in Middle School Students.
How to reengage and motivate students who are checking out of school鈥攂oth mentally and physically鈥攊s a top priority for educators, especially as students are misbehaving and skipping class more now than they were before the pandemic.
Dr. Emily Q Rosenzweig joins host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss her recent Educational Psychologist article, "Beyond utility value interventions: The why, when, and how for next steps in expectancy-value intervention research."
A new study by the University of Georgia revealed that more college students change majors within the STEM pipeline than leave the career path of science, technology, engineering and mathematics altogether.
Publications
Beymer, P. N., Keller, K. L., Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Muenks, K. (in press). Examining interrelations among weekly coursework and motivational beliefs in college physics. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Chen, X-Y., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2026). Learning and Individual Differences, 125, 102807.
Kim, Y., Beymer, P. N., Allen, E. C., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2026). Contemporary Educational Psychology, 84, 102438.
Beymer, P. N., Kim, Y., Allen, E. C., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2025). Learning and Instruction, 100, 102211.
Beymer, P. N., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2025). Contemporary Educational Psychology, 80, 102348.
Allen, E. C., Beymer, P. N., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2025). Contemporary Educational Psychology, 81, 102374.
Chen, X-Y., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2025). Social Psychology of Education, 28, 126.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Chen, X-Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, X., Beymer, P. N., & Akalin, S. (2025). Motivation and Emotion, 49, 731-748.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Song., Y., Chen, X-Y., Baldwin, A., Barger, M., Cotterrell, M., Dees, J. A., Injaian, A. S., Weliweriya, N., Walker, J. R., Wiegert, C. C., & Lemons, P. P. (2025). Journal of Educational Psychology. Online first publication.
Tuma, T. T., Fedesco, H. N., Rosenzweig, E. Q., Chen, X-Y., & Dolan, E. L. (2025). CBE Life Sciences Education, 24 ar44.
Chen, X.-Y., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2024). . Journal of Experimental Education. Online first publication.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Lemons, P. P., Chen, X.-Y., Song., Y., Baldwin, A., Barger, M., Cotterrell, M., Dees, J. A., Injaian, A. S., Weliweriya, N., Walker, J. R., Wiegert, C. C. (2024). . International Journal of STEM Education, 11, 1-18.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Zhang, Y.S. (2024). Online first publication. Motivation Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000334
Song, Y., Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Barger, M. M. (2023). Motivation and Emotion, 47, 1040-1061.
Beymer, P. N., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2023). Contemporary Educational Psychology, 75, 102236, 1-15.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Chen, X.-Y. (2023). International Journal of STEM Education, 10, 1-25.
Beymer, P. N., Ponnock, A. R., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2023). Journal of Experimental Education, 91(3), 517-538.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Song, Y., & Clark, M. S. (2022). . Learning and Instruction. Online first publication.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. S. (2022). BEducational Psychologist, 57(1), 11-30.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Canning, E. A., Asher, M. W., Tibbetts, Y., Hyde, J. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2021). Science Advances, 7(18), 1-9.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Harackiewicz, J. M., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Tibbetts, Y., Canning, E. A., Asher, M. W., & Hyde, J. S. (2021). Journal of Educational Psychology, 113(2), 351-369.
Harackiewicz, J. M., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2021). Understanding Interventions Journal, 12, 1-3.
Jiang, Y., & Rosenzweig, E. Q. (2021). . Learning and Individual Differences, 86, 101978.
Parr, A., Gladstone, J., Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Wang, M. (2021). Teaching and Teacher Education, 98, 103228.
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Wigfield, A., & Hulleman, C. S. (2020). Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(1), 166-182.