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Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, US

2023-08 to present | Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Computer Interaction Institute)
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Michael Asher

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Madison, WI, US

2017-09 to 2023-07 | Graduate Student (Psychology)
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Michael Asher

Works (12)

Does the Doer Effect Generalize To Non-WEIRD Populations? Toward Analytics in Radio and Phone-Based Learning

2025-03-03 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3706468.3706505
Contributors: Darren Butler; Conrad Borchers; Michael Asher; Yongmin Lee; Sonya Karnataki; Sameeksha Dangi; Samyukta Athreya; John Stamper; Amy Ogan; Paulo Carvalho
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Practice with feedback versus lecture: Consequences for learning, efficiency, and motivation.

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
2025-01-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/mac0000205
Contributors: Michael W. Asher; Faria Sana; Kenneth R. Koedinger; Paulo F. Carvalho
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Using choice and utility value to promote interest: Stimulating situational interest in a lesson and fostering the development of interest in statistics.

Journal of Educational Psychology
2024-11-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000921
Contributors: Michael W. Asher; Judith M. Harackiewicz
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The Promise of Mastery-Based Testing for Promoting Student Engagement, Self-Regulated Learning, and Performance in Gateway STEM Courses

2024-09-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5j84t
Contributors: Michael W. Asher; Joshua D. Hartman; Mark Blaser; Jack F. Eichler; Paulo F. Carvalho
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Practice with Feedback vs. Lecture: Consequences for Learning, Efficiency, and Motivation

2024-01-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/kft8u
Contributors: Michael W. Asher; Faria Sana; Kenneth R. Koedinger; Paulo F. Carvalho
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Skip the reading assignment: Effective and efficient learning with only practice and feedback

2024-01-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/9y2tb
Contributors: Paulo F. Carvalho; Michael W. Asher; Faria Sana; Kenneth R. Koedinger
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Utility-value intervention promotes persistence and diversity in STEM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-05-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2300463120
Contributors: Michael W. Asher; Judith M. Harackiewicz; Patrick N. Beymer; Cameron A. Hecht; Liana B. Lamont; Nicole M. Else-Quest; Stacy J. Priniski; Dustin B. Thoman; Janet S. Hyde; Jessi L. Smith
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The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.

Motivation Science
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/mot0000279
Contributors: Judith M. Harackiewicz; Michael W. Asher
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Designing a Motivation Intervention for Students Learning Algebra Online

Learning, Design, and Technology
2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4_185-1
Part of ISBN: 9783319177274
Part of ISBN: 9783319177274
Contributors: Nikki G. Lobczowski; Michael W. Asher; J. Elizabeth Richey; Yun Huang; Cameron Hecht; Shailaja Bhardwaj; Vincent Aleven; Kenneth Koedinger; Judith Harackiewicz
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Michael Asher

Inside the STEM pipeline: Changes in students’ biomedical career plans across the college years

Science Advances
2021-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0985
Contributors: Emily Q. Rosenzweig; Cameron A. Hecht; Stacy J. Priniski; Elizabeth A. Canning; Michael W. Asher; Yoi Tibbetts; Janet S. Hyde; Judith M. Harackiewicz
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A general multi-method approach to data-driven redesign of tutoring systems

LAK21: 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference
2021-04-12 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1145/3448139.3448155
Contributors: Yun Huang; Nikki G. Lobczowski; J. Elizabeth Richey; Elizabeth A. McLaughlin; Michael W. Asher; Judith M. Harackiewicz; Vincent Aleven; Kenneth R. Koedinger
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Michael Asher

College students’ reasons for leaving biomedical fields: Disenchantment with biomedicine or attraction to other fields?

Journal of Educational Psychology
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000456
Part of ISSN: 1939-2176
Part of ISSN: 0022-0663
Contributors: Emily Rosenzweig; Judith M. Harackiewicz; Cameron A. Hecht; Stacy J. Priniski; Elizabeth A. Canning; Yoi Tibbetts; Michael W. Asher; Janet S. Hyde
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Peer review (6 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Contemporary educational psychology. (4)
Review activity for Journal for STEM education research. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
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