Motivate Lab
What We Do
The Motivate Lab is driven to improve people’s lives through rigorous motivation research and to understand the mindsets that promote learning, growth, and well-being.
What We Do
Led by Professor Chris Hulleman, the Lab combines approaches from psychological science and design-thinking to conduct cutting-edge research and develop applied solutions, in settings ranging from K- 12 and higher education to summer camps, sports, and work.
Our Work
Recent projects include increasing motivation for community college math students, facilitating motivation and skills transfer from camp to school, and exploring motivation development across different pathways to employment.
Projects & Initiatives
Learning Mindset Supports and Practices in Effective Postsecondary Advising
This project aims to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based learning mindset practices among college access programs.
STEM
College Access
College Success
Featured Research
Lab News
Learning Mindset Could Be Key to Addressing Medical Students’ Alarming Burnout
A UVA researcher is looking at why medical students’ burnout rates more than double from their first years to their last.
Related Faculty
Chris S. Hulleman
- Research Professor of Education and Public Policy
Sasha Miller-Marshall
- Ph.D. Student
Yoi Tibbetts
- Research Assistant Professor