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Different leaders: Emergent organizational and intellectual leadership in children’s collaborative learning groups (2014)
Journal Article
Mercier, E., Higgins, S., & Da Costa, L. (2014). Different leaders: Emergent organizational and intellectual leadership in children’s collaborative learning groups. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 9(4), 397-432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-014-9201-z

This paper presents two studies that examine emergent leadership in children’s collaborative learning groups. Building on research that finds that leadership moves are distributed among group members during learning activities, we examined whether th... Read More about Different leaders: Emergent organizational and intellectual leadership in children’s collaborative learning groups.

Different Methods, Different Results: Examining the implications of Methodological Divergence and Implicit Processes for Achievement Goal Research (2014)
Journal Article
da Costa, L., & Remedios, R. (2014). Different Methods, Different Results: Examining the implications of Methodological Divergence and Implicit Processes for Achievement Goal Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 8(2), 162-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689813495977

Achievement goal theory is one of the most popular theories of achievement motivation. Techniques researchers have used to assess goals include standardized questionnaires and interviews. One curious finding is that participants whose self-report que... Read More about Different Methods, Different Results: Examining the implications of Methodological Divergence and Implicit Processes for Achievement Goal Research.

Talking methods in achievement goal research (2012)
Journal Article
da Costa, L., & Remedios, R. (2012). Talking methods in achievement goal research. Education Section review - British Psychological Society, 36(2), 9-16

In recent years, there has been a sense of methodological unrest in the field of achievement goal research, a prominent theory of achievement motivation. In particular, the predominant use of questionnaires in measuring students’ achievement goals ha... Read More about Talking methods in achievement goal research.