Development of achievement motivation /

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Imprint:San Diego : Academic Press, ©2002.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 366 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Educational psychology series
Educational psychology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11297219
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Other authors / contributors:Wigfield, Allan.
Eccles, Jacquelynne S.
ISBN:0585492085
9780585492087
008049112X
9780080491127
1280927119
9781280927119
9780127500539
0127500537
9786610927111
6610927111
0127500537
9780127500539
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes as children progress through school, gender differences in motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect of ethnicity. Motivation is discussed within the context of school achievement as well as athletic and musical performance.
Other form:Print version: Development of achievement motivation. San Diego : Academic Press, ©2002 0127500537
Standard no.:9780127500539
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Can I Do This Activity?
  • The Development of Academic Self-Efficacy
  • The Developmental Course of Achievement Motivation: A Need-Based Approach
  • The Development of Ability Conceptions
  • Part 2. Do I Want to Do this Activity, and Why?
  • The Development of Competence Beliefs, Expectancies for Success, and Achievement Values from Childhood Through Adolescence
  • Ethnicity, Gender, and the Development of Achievement Values
  • The Development of Self-Determination in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
  • Student Interest and Achievement: Developmental Issues Raised by a Case Study
  • The Development of Goal Orientation
  • The Contribution of Social Goal Setting to Children's School Adjustment
  • Part 3. What Do I Need to Do to Succeed?
  • The Development of Academic Self-Regulation: The Role of Cognitive and Motivational Factors
  • What Do I Need to Do to Succeed...When I Don't Understand What I'm Doing!?: Developmental Influences on Students' Adaptive Help Seeking
  • Part 4. Motivation and Instruction
  • Good Instruction in Motivating
  • Instructional Practices and Motivation During Middle School (with Special Attention to Science)
  • Index