This article reviews psychological theory and research critical to understanding why parents
become involved in their children's elementary and secondary education. Three major …

The key mental domains in which sex differences have traditionally been studied are verbal
and spatial abilities. In this article I suggest that two neglected dimensions for understanding …

Studies of teachers in the US often document insufficient subject matter knowledge in
mathematics. Yet, these studies give few examples of the knowledge teachers need to …

The Latin root of motivation means" to move" and fundamentally, motivational psychologists
study what moves people to act and why people think and do what they do (Weiner, 1992) …

This paper presents a meta‐analytic review of 33 studies, with a total of 29 552 participants,
that examined the concurrent association between peer victimization and academic …

In this chapter we discuss expectancy-value theory and review research that has emanated
from this theoretical model. We focus in particular on the expectancy-value model developed …

Develo** minds: Challenge and continuity across the life span. Develo** minds: Challenge
and continuity across the life span. Citation Rutter, M., & Rutter, M. (1993). Develo** minds …

This textbook provides a fully up-to-date account of our knowledge of children's social
development. It is addressed to students of psychology and other social sciences with no or …

The major purpose of this study was to attempt to understand some of the reasons for the
high academic achievement of Chinese and Japanese children compared to American …

This study explored students' perceptions of 3 dimensions of school climate (teacher
support, student–student support, and opportunities for autonomy in the classroom) and the …