Motivating students to learn : overcoming barriers to high achievement /
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| Imprint: | Berkeley, Calif. : McCutchan Pub. Corp., c1993. |
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| Description: | xii, 270 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series on contemporary educational issues |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3166787 |
Table of Contents:
- Education reform: The ups and downs of good intentions / Tommy M. Tomlinson
- Historical perspectives on academic work: The origins of learning / Robert L. Hampel
- Academic effort in international perspective / Lois Peak
- School culture, social politics, and the academic motivation of U.S. students / B. Bradford Brown
- Carrots and sticks: Can school policy influence student motivation? / Florence R. Webb, Martin V. Covington, and James W. Guthrie
- Creating prescriptions for success in urban schools: Turning the corner on pathological explanations for academic failure / Antoine M. Garibaldi
- Expectations and effort: Course demand, students' study practices, and academic achievement /John W. Thomas
- Attributional applications in the classroom / Sandra Graham and Bernard Weiner
- Children's knowledge of differential treatment in schools: Implications for motivation / Rhona S. Weinstein
- Perceiving and display effort in achievement settings / Sharon Nelson-LeGall
- Classroom management and motivated student learning / Mary McCaslin and Thomas L. Good
- Summary and recommendations / Tommy M.Tomlinson.