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Student motivation : the culture and context of learning /

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This book presents the latest developments in the major theories of student motivation as well as up-to-date research on the contextual and cultural variables that influence learning motivation in educational settings. An international roster of experts provides ample illustration of the complexitie...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Salili, Farideh (Editor), Chiu, Chi-yue, 1963- (Editor), Hong, Ying-yi, 1964- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic, 2001.
Series:Plenum series on human exceptionality.
Subjects:
Motivation in education > Cross-cultural studies.
Academic achievement > Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The culture and context of learning / Farideh Salili, Chi-yue Chiu, and Ying-yi Hong
  • Intrapersonal and interpersonal theories of motivation from an attribution perspective / Bernard Weiner
  • Inferences about responsibility and values : implication for academic motivation / Sandra Graham
  • The social functions of attributional face saving tactics / Jaana Juvonen
  • Declining optimism in ethnic minority students : the role of attributions and self-esteem / Colette van Laar
  • Chinese students' and teachers' inferences of effort and ability / Ying-yi Hong
  • Cultural diversity, student motivation, and achievement / Martin L. Maehr and Ryoko Yamaguchi
  • Goal orientation and self-regulated learning in the college classroom : a cross-cultural comparison / Paul R. Pintrich, Akane Zusho, Ulrich Schiefele, Reinhard Pekrun
  • Contextual influences on motivation and performance : an examination of achievement goal structures / Tim Urdan
  • Cross-cultural response to failure : considering outcome attributions with different goals / Heidi Grant and Carol S. Dweck
  • The influence of culture and context on students' motivational orientation and performance / Farideh Salili, Chi-yue Chiu, and Simon Lai
  • Goals and motivation of Chinese students : testing the adaptive learning model / Kan Shi, Peng Wang, Wenzhong Wang, Yantao Zuo, Dawei Liu, Martin L. Maehr, Xiaotong Mu, Lisa Linnenbrink, and Lidi Hruda
  • Classroom context effects on young children's motivation / Deborah J. Stipek
  • Teaching across cultures / John B. Biggs
  • Significance of cultural and motivation variables on students' attitudes towards group work / Simone Volet
  • Research on classroom instruction and its effects : shortcomings, dead ends, and future perspectives / Andreas Helmke.