In Practice In Schools

The Theory

Basic SDT research topics

Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B. (2025) Het ABC van motivatie in onderwijs: Een psychologische basis voor elke leerling en leraar [ABC of motivation in education: The psychological basis for each student and teacher]. Lannoo Campus Book,

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Wang, C. K. J., Reeve, J., Liu, W. C.Kee, Y. H. (2025) An autonomy-supportive intervention program for STEM teachers to enhance engagement among students. Heliyon, 11 ,e42150

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Behzadnia, B.Leo, F. M.Khalilpourshiraz, Z.Karimi, A. (2025) Online intervention program based on need‐supportive activities to promote physical activity and cognitive functions in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, Advance Online

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Levin, O., Assor, A.Yitzhaki, N.Ophir, L. (2025) I tried to understand what the student really needs: Using simulations to promote a need-supporting dialogical orientation in teacher educators. The Journal of Experimental Education, Advance online publication

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Jeno, L. M., Levesque, C. S.Nylehn, J.Pavlovic, Z. (2025) Student teachers′ basic psychological needs and motivation underlie the experiences of educational quality: A pre-registered qualitative study. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 11 ,101354

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Cheon, S. H., Reeve, J.Yoo, K-E.Song, Y-G. (2025) Bystanders tend to defend victims in a supportive classroom climate: A cluster randomized control trial and an observational study. , Journal of School Psychology , 110 (pp. 101431) doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2025.101431

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King, T.Smits, A.Jaarsma, D.Voogt, J. (2024) What need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching behaviors do university teachers use in their honors classes? An observational study. International Journal of Educational Research, 6 ,100331

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Wang, Y.Wang, H.Wang, S.Wind, S. A. (2024) A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-determination-theory-based interventions in the education context. Learning and Motivation, 87

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Reeve, J.Cheon, S. H. (2024) Learning how to become an autonomy-supportive teacher begins with perspective taking: A randomized control trial and model test. Teaching and Teacher Education, 148 ,104702

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Malboeuf-Hurtubise, C., Taylor, G.Lambert, D.Paradis, P-O. (2024) Impact of a mindfulness-based intervention on well-being and mental health of elementary school children: Results from a randomized cluster trial. Scientific Reports, 14 ,15894

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Cullen, S.Oppenheimer, D. (2024) Choosing to learn: The importance of student autonomy in higher education. , Psychological Science , 10(29) doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6759

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Cheon, S. H., Reeve, J.Joo, W-Y.Song, Y. G. (2024) Two randomized controlled trials to help teachers develop physical education students’ course-specific grit-perseverance and mental toughness. , Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology , 46(5) (pp. 266-282) doi: 10.1123/jsep.2024-0102

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Ryan, R. M., Reeve, J., Matos, L.Cheon, S. H. (2023) In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), Education as flourishing: Self-determination theory in schools as they are and as they might be. Oxford University Press The Oxford handbook of self-determination theory, ,591-618

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Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B. (2023) How to foster motivation? The need-based motivating compass as a source of inspiration. Motivation Science,

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Assor, A., Kaplan, H.Feinberg, O.Tal, K. (2009) Combining vision with voice: A learning and implementation structure promoting teachers’ internalization of practices based on self-determination theory. Theory and Research in Education, 7 ,234-243

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