Yi-Miau Tsai

LIFE Fellow from 2004 to 2008, MPI for Human Development, Berlin

Dr. rer. nat.

Dissertation completed in February 2008

Motivation in Context: Intraindividual Variability in Day-to-Day Classroom Learning

(Advisor: Jürgen Baumert)

Selected Publications

Lauermann, F., Tsai, Y.-M., & Eccles, J. S. (2017). Math-related career aspirations and choices within Eccles et al.’s expectancy–value theory of achievement-related behaviors. Developmental Psychology, 53(8), 1540–1559. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000367

Nix, S., Perez-Felkner, L., Thomas, K., Ceci, S. J., Kahn, S., & Tsai, Y.-M. (2015). Perceived mathematical ability under challenge: a longitudinal perspective on sex segregation among STEM degree fields. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 530. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00530

Tsai, Y.-M., Kunter, M., Lüdtke, O., Trautwein, U., & Ryan, R. M. (2008). What makes lessons interesting? The role of situational and individual factors in three school subjects. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 460–472. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.100.2.460