Paper #1: Motivating Newcomers: A Self-Determination Theory (SDT) Perspective Gerard Beenen (California State University, Fullerton) Paper #2: Individual differences in motivation for math depending on students’ migration status Natalie Vannini (Goethe University), with Barbara Otto Paper #3: How adaptive strategies affect college transition: A structural equation modeling analysis Dena Swanson (University of Rochester), with Sule Yilmaz