This article suggests that students' characteristics play a more important role in classrooms
than has previously been thought. To investigate this, a computerized literacy search was …

Classroom research has typically focused on the role of teaching practices and the quality of
instruction in children's academic performance, motivation and adjustment—in other words …

Tomorrow's inventors and scientists are today's curious young children--as long as those
children are given ample chances to explore and are guided by adults equipped to support …

Written specifically for teachers in training, Motivating Students to Learn offers a wealth of
research-based principles on student motivation for use in the classroom. Positioning the …

This study explores the impacts of selected early science experiences in kindergarten
(frequency and duration of teachers' teaching of science, availability of sand/water table and …

Because literacy skills are critical for most academic subject matters, researchers have
become increasingly interested in understanding children's motivation in this domain as a …

Four topics were investigated in this longitudinal person-centered study:(a) profiles of
subjective task values and ability self-concepts of adolescents in the domain of …

Person-centered research has shown that individuals can be assigned to different
motivational profiles, but only scattered studies have addressed motivational profiles in …

This study tested a theoretical model considering students' personality traits as predictors of
student–teacher relationship quality (closeness, conflict, and dependency), the effects of …

This study examined whether teacher–child interactions characterized by teacher
involvement, structure, and autonomy support at the beginning of second grade predicted …