Screen LibraryDevelopment of achievement motivation
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | San Diego |
| Publication Dates: | c2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Educational psychology series |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=91143 |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 366 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0585492085 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | G444 |
| CLC: |
G444 G44 G442 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The development of academic self-efficacy / Dale H. Schunk, Frank Pajares -- The developmental course of achievement motivation : a need-based approach / Martin V. Covington, Elizabeth Dray -- The development of ability conceptions / Carol S. Dweck -- The development of competence beliefs, expectancies for success, and achievement values from childhood through adolescence / Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- Ethnicity, gender, and the development of achievement values / Sandra Graham, April Z. Taylor -- The development of self-determination in middle childhood and adolescence / Wendy S 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. |