Achievement and Motivation: A Social-Developmental Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521179688 ISBN 13: 9780521179683

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Achievement and Motivation was originally published in 1993. It provides a comprehensive review of research conducted on the topic in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Most particularly, it focuses on the research of those in the field who tackle the issue from a social-developmental perspective. The basic theme concerns the relation between motivation (why one does something) and achievement (how one performs on a variety of tasks and activities) in education settings specifically. It successfully engages with educational concerns about student interest in learning and their subsequent performance. It will still be a useful point of reference for any readers involved in the social-developmental study of achievement and motivation in schools, as it comprehensively documents the progression of this topic in the years leading up to its 1993 publication.

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Review:

"...will be useful to professionals familiar or interested in the social-cognitive approach to achievement." William G. Graziano, Contemporary Psychology

Book Description:

Achievement and Motivation was originally published in 1993. It provides a comprehensive review of research conducted on the topic in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Most particularly, it focuses on the research of those in the field who tackle the issue from a social-developmental perspective.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521179688
• ISBN 13: 9780521179683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Boggiano Ann K.