Achievement And Motivation

Author : Amie Naomhán
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Achievement motivation
ISBN : 1536154504

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Achievement Motivation by Amie Naomhán Pdf

Achievement Motivation: Perspectives, Influences and Outcomes aims to examine the definition and measurement of achievement motivation in sport. A systematic search of the literature was undertaken to identify relevant self-report scales, and each scale is critiqued by describing its general properties, factor structure, evidence of reliability and validity, and potential applications. Next, the authors examine competition, which is a state and trait variable related to achievement motivation, and the relationship it has to behavioural, physiological, and affective outcomes during virtual reality-based sport and exercise. The concluding study sets out to determine the relationship between the level of anxiety and student learning motivation, the relationship between student anxiety levels and student learning achievement, the relationship between learning motivation and student learning achievement, and the relationship between the level of anxiety and student learning motivation simultaneously on student learning achievement.

Author : John William Atkinson,Joel O. Raynor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : UOM:39015004162940

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Motivation and Achievement by John William Atkinson,Joel O. Raynor Pdf

For undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, education, business administration and others.

Author : Allan Wigfield,Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780127500539

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Development of Achievement Motivation by Allan Wigfield,Jacquelynne S. Eccles Pdf

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. Key Features * Coverage of the major theories and constructs in the motivation field * Focus on developmental issues across the elementary and secondary school period * Discussion of instructional and theoretical issues regarding motivation * Consideration of gender and ethnic differences in motivation

Author : Heinz Heckhausen
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781483271729

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The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation by Heinz Heckhausen Pdf

The Anatomy of Achievement Motivation focuses on the study of individual differences in motivations, including the determinants of specific motives and methods of assessing motive strength. The book first offers information on content analysis and evaluative dispositions, as well as the theory of thematic apperception method, experimental method, and sociocultural frames of references and their change over historical time. The manuscript then highlights the important dimensions of experience and conflict. The publication takes a look at the general structure of goals and performance and valence and motive arousal, including psychic distance and discrepancy between a present and a future state. The book then examines goal setting and level of aspiration, performance period, and the origin and development of achievement motivation. The manuscript is a dependable reference for psychologists and readers interested in the facets of achievement motivation.

Author : Fyans
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781475789973

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Achievement Motivation by Fyans Pdf

This book started as a symposium on Achievement Motiva tion at the 1978 American Educational Research Association Convention. The participants in that symposium were Jack Atkinson, Martin Maehr, Dick De Charms, Joel Raynor, and Dave Hunt. The subsequent response to that symposium indicated a "coming of age" for motivation theory in terms of education. Soon afterward, at a Motivation in Education Conference at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, it became apparent that due to this emergence of motivation what was needed was a comprehensive perspective as to the state of the art of achievement theory. Achievement theory had by now well surpassed its beginnings in the 1950s and 1960s and was ready for a composite presentation and profile of the recent research and theories of motivation. Thus, this volume was born. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each contribu tor to this book as well as Robert L. Linn who critically reviewed several of the manuscripts. Thanks are also due to my former graduate advisors, Martin L. Maehr, Maurice Tatsuoka, and Harry Triandis, for the viewpoints given me in graduate school education which I hope have benefitted this under taking. Joyce Fitch did a splendid joh typing many of these chapters and special gratitude should be given to Judy Cadle of Professional Services, Inc. for the composition and proofing of this book.

Author : M. Kay Alderman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136769801

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Motivation for Achievement by M. Kay Alderman Pdf

Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help prospective and practicing teachers achieve these goals. Its premise is that current research and theory about motivation offer hope and possibilities for educators —teachers, parents, coaches, and administrators—to enhance motivation for achievement. The orientation draws primarily on social-cognitive perspectives that have generated much research relevant to classroom practice. Ideal for any course that is dedicated to, or includes coverage of, motivation and achievement, the text focuses on two key roles teachers play in supporting and cultivating motivation in the classroom: establishing the classroom structure and instruction that provides the environment for optimal motivation, engagement, and learning; and helping students develop the tools that will enable them to be self-regulated learners and develop their potential. Pedagogical features aid the understanding of concepts and the application to practice: Strategy boxes present guidelines and strategies for using the various concepts. Exhibit boxes include forms for different purposes (for example, goal setting), examples of teacher beliefs and practices, and samples of student work. Reflection boxes stimulate readers’ thinking about motivational issues inherent in the topics, their experiences, and their beliefs. A motivational toolbox at the end of each chapter helps readers identify important points to think about, lingering questions, strategies to use now, and strategies to develop in the future. NEW IN THE THIRD EDITION Updated research and new topics are added throughout as warranted by current inquiry in the field. Chapters are reorganized to provide more coherence and to account for new findings. New and updated material is included on issues of educational reform, standards for achievement, and high-stakes testing, and on achievement goal theory, especially regarding performance goals and the distinction between performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals as relevant to classroom practice.

Author : Ann K. Boggiano,Thane S. Pittman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521322200

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Achievement and Motivation by Ann K. Boggiano,Thane S. Pittman Pdf

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.

Author : Sam Carr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317692881

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Motivation, Educational Policy and Achievement by Sam Carr Pdf

Motivation, Educational Policy and Achievement seeks to theorise and critique current trends in education through the lens of key ideas from motivational theory. Its purpose is to argue that current educational trends on a macro level are a significant threat to the provision of classroom practices seeking to create an educational environment that motivational theorists would argue is best placed to develop motivational equality, optimal motivation, and wellbeing. Linking major contemporary theories of motivation to wider educational and political debate, this unique resource will bring about two major benefits: it will vocalise and mobilise the substantial research evidence from motivational theory in order to ensure that it contributes more explicitly to a critique of current neoliberal trends, and motivation researchers will be better positioned to move the theory forward in relation to what is happening in the real world of education. Areas covered include: developing a more critical space in relation to the field of motivational psychology and contemporary educational policy; linking motivational theory to education policy and broader social and political structures; the neoliberal educational landscape; an overview of achievement goal theory and self-determination theory. Motivation, Educational Policy and Achievement is a ‘wake-up call’ for educational practitioners and policy makers and essential reading for all advanced students and researchers in the fields of educational psychology and educational research.

Author : John William Atkinson,Joel O. Raynor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : UOM:39015007034492

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Motivation and Achievement by John William Atkinson,Joel O. Raynor Pdf

For undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, education, business administration and others.

Author : Heinz Heckhausen,Heinz-Dieter Schmalt,Klaus Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : UOM:39015010480989

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Achievement Motivation in Perspective by Heinz Heckhausen,Heinz-Dieter Schmalt,Klaus Schneider Pdf

Author : P.R. Pintrich,M.L. Maehr
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0762308192

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New Directions in Measures and Methods by P.R. Pintrich,M.L. Maehr Pdf

This volume brings together researchers in motivation from around the world to address new directions in measures and methods for motivational research. The volume discusses the use of projective techniques, on-line questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, observations, and multiple methods.

Author : Stuart Karabenick,Timothy C. Urdan
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780857242549

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Decade Ahead by Stuart Karabenick,Timothy C. Urdan Pdf

Includes chapters which examine the associations between motivation and other constructs, such as emotion and self-regulation. This title also features chapters that examine sociocultural approaches to the study of motivation, the motivation of African American students and teachers' motivation, and the policy implications of motivation research.

Author : Charles P. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992-06-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 052140052X

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Motivation and Personality by Charles P. Smith Pdf

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Author : Ian McMahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0380779706

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Get It Done! by Ian McMahan Pdf

Author : Stuart Karabenick,Timothy C. Urdan
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784413088

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Motivational Interventions by Stuart Karabenick,Timothy C. Urdan Pdf

This established book series is designed to reflect current research and theory concerned with motivation and achievement in work, school and play. Each volume focuses on a particular issue or theme and the series has a special goal of bringing the best in social science to bear on socially significant problems.