Research spanning 20 years is reviewed as it relates to the measurement of cognitive
engagement using self-report scales. The author's research program is at the forefront of the …

This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …

Path analysis was used to test predictions of a model explaining the impact of students'
perceptions of classroom structures (tasks, autonomy support and mastery and evaluation) …

Examined were several theoretically important relations among motivational characteristics
of students that are malleable, or changeable with intervention. The motivational construct …

Th e role of gender in shaping achievement motivation has a long history in psychological
and educational research. Early studies drew on achievement motivation theories to explain …

Background The multidimensionality of the academic self‐concept in terms of domain
specificity has been well established in previous studies, whereas its multidimensionality in …

This article presents a theoretically grounded model of motivation and self-regulation that
places personally valued future goals at its core. We attempt to integrate two lines of …

Expectancy-value theory is prominent in different areas in psychology, and a number of
educational and developmental psychologists who study the development of achievement …

Constructivist and conceptual change perspectives on learning have given rise to a number
of models of constructivist classroom teaching. Motivation has been recognized as an …

In this study which was part of the DISUM-project, 224 ninth graders from 14 German
classes from middle track schools (Realschule) were asked about their enjoyment, interest …