Academic motivation researchers sometimes struggle to decipher the distinctive
characteristics of what appear to be highly analogous constructs. In this article, we discuss …

This book integrates theory, research, and practical issues related to achievement
motivation, and provides an overview of current theories in the field, including reinforcement …

Both sport and academic work play large roles in school life, yet there is little comparative
evidence on the nature or generality of achievement motivation across these domains. In …

This new edition of the popular textbook digs into the research behind different aspects of
teaching in order to give students an informed understanding of what underpins high quality …

At the turn of the twentieth century, when American psychology began to take its place
among the other academic disciplines, there was much interest in the role that self-beliefs …

John Dewey was a pragmatist, progressivist, educator, philosopher, and social reformer
(Gutek, 2014). Dewey's various roles greatly impacted education and he was perhaps one of …

This article proposes a framework for representing personality constructs at four levels of
abstraction. The total aggregation model is the composite formed by the sum of scores on all …

Being born a girl or a boy has implications that carry considerably beyond chromosomal,
hormonal, and genital differences. In this chapter, we consider the developmental processes …

The fourth edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date introduction to all of the
key features of adolescent development. While drawing on the North American literature on …

There has been extensive debate among scholars and practitioners concerning whether self-
beliefs influence academic achievement. To address this question, findings of longitudinal …