Achievement Motivation

Author : Amie Naomhán
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 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 : Heinz Heckhausen
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,7 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 : John William Atkinson,Joel O. Raynor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : M.S. Rao
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Achievement motivation
ISBN : 8171416748

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Achievement Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics by M.S. Rao Pdf

Achievement motivation stands for the accomplishment of excellence and the achievement in mathematics stands for the performance of students in mathematics. As per the assumptions and research studies, one influences the other. A study, hence, has been undertaken to identify the level of achievement motivation and achievement in mathematics possessed by the SC and OBC students studying in Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Schools and to study the association between achievement motivation and achievement in mathematics. The students were possessing an average level of achievement motivation and achievement in mathematics, and there was no association between achievement motivation and achievement in mathematics. This study will help many teachers and administrators in planning better curricular and co-curricular programmes.

Author : Charles Spielberger
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780126574104

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Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology by Charles Spielberger Pdf

Encompasses topics including aging (geropsychology), assessment, clinical, cognitive, community, counseling, educational, environmental, family, industrial/organizational, health, school, sports, and transportation psychology. Each entry provides a clear definition, a brief review of the theoretical basis, and emphasizes major areas of application.

Author : Allan Wigfield,Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Fyans
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,8 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 : Dr. Gangaben Patel
Publisher : RED'SHINE Publication. Inc
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789386162007

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An Achievement Motivation and Academic Anxiety of School Going Students by Dr. Gangaben Patel Pdf

The world is becoming more and more competitive. Quality of performance has become the key factor for personal progress. Parents desire that their children climb the ladder of performance to as high a level as possible. This desire for a high level of achievement puts a lot of pressure on students, teachers, and schools and in general the education system itself. In fact, it appears as if the whole system of education revolves round the academic achievement of students, though various other outcomes are also expected from the system. Thus a lot of time and effort of the schools are used for helping students to achieve better in their scholastic endeavors. The importance of scholastic and academic achievement has raised important questions for educational researchers. What factors promote achievement in students? How far do the different factors contribute towards academic achievement? (Ramaswamy, 1990).

Author : Dan P. McAdams
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1572301880

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The Stories We Live by by Dan P. McAdams Pdf

This book should be value for all those who are interested in enhancing their self-understanding. It should also serve as useful classroom text for undergraduates and advanced students in personality and social psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

Author : Edward Tory Higgins,Arie W. Kruglanski
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0863776965

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Motivational Science by Edward Tory Higgins,Arie W. Kruglanski Pdf

A current collection of articles that define the field of motivational science.

Author : David Clarence McClelland
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521369517

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Human Motivation by David Clarence McClelland Pdf

Human Motivation examines the methods behind four major human motive systems - achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance.

Author : Ann K. Boggiano,Thane S. Pittman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : Dr Savita Mishra
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387102228

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Motivation A Key to Success by Dr Savita Mishra Pdf

Author : Avi Kaplan,Stuart A. Karabenick,Elisabeth De Groot
Publisher : IAP
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617352492

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Culture, Self, and, Motivation by Avi Kaplan,Stuart A. Karabenick,Elisabeth De Groot Pdf

The authors of the chapters in this volume—past and present collaborators of Marty Maehr, and a few of his former graduate students along the years—are motivational researchers who conduct research using diverse methods and perspectives, and in different parts of the world. All, however, see their intellectual roots in Marty’s theoretical and empirical work. The chapters in this book are divided into two sections: Motivation and Self and Culture and Motivation. Clearly, the distinctions between these two sections are very blurry, as they are in Marty’s work. And yet, when the authors were asked to contribute their chapters, the research questions they addressed seemed to have formed two foci, with personal motivation and socio-cultural processes alternating as the core versus the background in the two sections.

Author : M. Kay Alderman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,5 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.