Advances in Motivation and Achievement

Book details for Advances in Motivation and Achievement

Series: Advances in Motivation and Achievement v. 9

Contributor(s): Martin L. Maehr (volume editor), Paul R. Pintrich (volume editor),

Format: Hardback, 234 x 156 x 20mm , 332 pp

Publication date: 08 Dec 1995

Imprint: JAI Press Inc.

ISBN: 9781559387699

Price: £62.95

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Synopsis

This 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.

Contents

Motivation and achievement in collectivist and individualist cultures, Harry C. Triandis; Achievement motivation and group loyalty among Turkish and Belgium youngsters, Karen Phalet, Willy Lens; Explaining Chinese students' motivation and achievement: a socio-cultural analysis, Faridch Salili; Culture and academic achievement: ethnic and cross-national differences, Chuansheng Chen, Harold W. Stevenson; Goal theory and indigenous minority school motivation: relevance and application, Dennis M. McInerney; Immigrant Latino parents' values and beliefs about their children's education: continuities and discontinuities across cultures and generations, Claude Goldenberg, Ronald Gallimore; Social contextual influences on family relations adolescent adjustment and competence in African-American families, Ronald D. Taylor; Motivational processes in learning: a comparative analysis of cognitive and socio-cultural framework, Robert Rueda, Myron H. Dembo.