Emotions and Learning

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Antonio Damasio were two of the first scholars to make a data-driven argument that emotions are critical to the process of learning.

In this article, Reinhard Pekrun provides a summary of his control-value theory of achievement emotions, which has shaped so much of the literature since.

This study explores emotional contagion in the classroom, specifically facial mimicry.

This advice guide attempts to distill some of the research cited above for practical application in the classroom, proposing four pillars of what I call “emotionally engaging teaching.”

In this article, Michelle Pacansky-Brock and coauthors offer concrete, practical ways to make the online classroom more engaging, human, and equitable.