Duffy, Melissa

Assistant Professor

Melissa Duffy’s program of research focuses on the role of motivation and emotion in learning and performance across a variety of higher education and professional training settings, including medical education. In particular, her research has examined how negative and positive emotional states relate to cognitive processes and performance during medical simulation training; the impact of different achievement goals on learning with intelligent tutoring systems.

Biographical Profile

College
College of Education
Department
Educational & Developmental Science
Tenure Status
Tenure Track

Interest Background

Interest Keywords
motivation, learning
Personal Focus Areas
role of motivation and emotion in learning and performance across a variety of higher education, examined how negative and positive emotional states relate to cognitive processes and performance, impact of different achievement goals on learning with intelligent tutoring systems
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