The current review evaluates the status hypothesis, which states that that the desire for
status is a fundamental motive. Status is defined as the respect, admiration, and voluntary …

Achievement goal theory originally defined performance-approach goals as striving to
demonstrate competence to outsiders by outperforming peers. The research, however, has …

In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco argues that the middle class has a
negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco …

What role do children play in education and stratification? Are they merely passive recipients
of unequal opportunities that schools and parents create for them? Or do they actively shape …

The purpose of this article is to add to our current understanding of the social contexts of
education by synthesizing research on the nature and influence of relationships between …

Abstract C. Midgley et al.(2001) raised important questions about the effects of performance-
approach goals. The present authors disagree with their characterization of the research …

Some researchers have called for a reconceptualization of goal theory that acknowledges
the positive effects of performance-approach goals. The authors of the present article review …

Adopting a combination of expectancy-value and achievement goal theories, this study
examined the role of self-efficacy, task value, and achievement goals in students' learning …

Despite concentrated efforts at improving inferior academic outcomes among disadvantaged
students, a substantial achievement gap between the test scores of these students and …

Social-motivational processes and socialization experiences can play a critical role in
students' academic success. However, the search for specific mechanisms and processes …