What Have We Learned About the Link Between Motivation and Learning/Performance?

A brief summary is given of the results reported by the five articles of the special issue. It is explored how each article contributes to our understanding of the motivation-learning/performance link. It is also described how the articles collectively contribute to an increased understanding of the relation between motivation and self-regulated learning. Finally, some of the challenges are addressed that are faced by motivation researcher, focusing mainly on issues that are stimulated by the articles in this special issue, and it is diverged to issues that go beyond the concerns mentioned by the researchers.