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Adopt process-oriented models (if they're more useful)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2025

Brendan A. Schuetze Open the ORCID record for Brendan A. Schuetze [Opens in a new window]  and
Luke D. Rutten Open the ORCID record for Luke D. Rutten [Opens in a new window]
Brendan A. Schuetze*
Affiliation:
Department of Education Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany brendan.schuetze@gmail.com https://schu.etze.co Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Luke D. Rutten
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA luke_rutten@utexas.edu
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*Corresponding author.
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Abstract

Though we see the potential for benefits from the development of process-oriented approaches, we argue that it falls prey to many of the same critiques raised about the existing construct level of analysis. The construct-level approach will likely dominate motivation research until we develop computational models that are not only accurate, but also broadly usable.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 48 , 2025 , e43
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