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Helen Patrick
Professor
Educational Psychology & Research MethodologyEducational Studies
- Ph.D. — Education & Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1998)
- M.A. — Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (1993)
- B.A. — Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (1991)
- 2010 – Present
Professor of Educational Psychology
College of Education, Purdue University
- 2005 – 2010
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
College of Education, Purdue University
- 2001 – 2005
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
College of Education, Purdue University
- 1999 – 2001
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
College of Education, Northern Illinois University
Motivation and Academic Engagement, including associations among student motivation and engagement, classroom motivational environments, and teachers’ beliefs and practices.
Current research involves measuring the reliability and validity of observational measures of classrooms and instructional practice. She is PI of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MOET) project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences from 2014-2018.
From 2005-2009 was Co-PI of the Scientific Literacy Project (SLP), funded by the U.S. Department of Education to research science instruction in kindergarten. More information about the SLP can be found at the SLP website.
Selected Publications
- Patrick, H. & Mantzicopoulos, P. (2014). Engaging young children with informational books. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
- Patrick, H., & Mantzicopoulos, P. (2014). Is effective teaching stable? Journal of Experimental Education.
- Mantzicopoulos, P., Patrick, H., & Samarapungavan, A. (2013). Science literacy in school and home contexts: Kindergarteners’ science achievement and motivation. Cognition and Instruction, 31, 62-119.
- Patrick, H., Mantzicopoulos, P., & Sears, D. (2012). Effective classrooms. In K. R. Harris, S. Graham, & T. Urdan (Eds.), APA educational psychology handbook. Volume 2: Individual differences and cultural and contextual factors (pp. 443-469). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Patrick, H., Kaplan, A., & Ryan, A., M. (2011). Positive classroom motivational environments: Convergence between mastery goal structure and the classroom social climate. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 367-382.
- Patrick, H., Johnson, K., Mantzicopoulos, P., & Gray, D. L. (2011). “I tell them I know how to do my ABCs!” Kindergarteners’ reports about their school-related conversations with their parents and associations with adjustment and achievement. The Elementary School Journal, 112, 383-405.
- Patrick, H., Anderman, L. H., Bruening, P. S., & Duffin, L. C. (2011). The role of educational psychology in teacher education: Three challenges for educational psychologists. Educational Psychologist, 46, 71-83.
- Patrick, H., Mantzicopoulos, P., & Samarapungavan, A. (2009). Motivation for learning science in kindergarten: Is there a gender gap and does integrated inquiry and literacy instruction make a difference? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46, 166-191.
- Patrick, H., & Ryan, A., M. (2008). What do students think about when evaluating their classroom’s mastery goal structure? An examination of young adolescents’ explanations. Journal of Experimental Education, 77, 99-123.
- Patrick, H., Mantzicopoulos, P., Samarapungavan, A., & French, B. F. (2008). Patterns of young children’s motivation for science and teacher-child relationships. Journal of Experimental Education, 76, 121-144.
- Patrick, H., Ryan, A., M., & Kaplan, A. (2007). Early adolescents’ perceptions of the classroom social environment, motivational beliefs, and engagement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 83-98.
- EDPS 23500 — Learning and Motivation
- EDPS 43000 — Creating and Managing Learning Environments
- EDPS 53000 — Advanced Educational Psychology
- EDPS 53300 — Introduction to Educational Research
- EDPS 53600 — Achievement Motivation and Performance
- EDPS 63300 — Seminar in Educational Psychology
