The question of how learners' motivation influences their academic achievement and vice
versa has been the subject of intensive research due to its theoretical relevance and …

Motivation is recognized as a vital component in successful second language learning, and
has been the subject of intensive research in recent decades. This review focuses on a …

Eccles and colleagues' expectancy-value theory of achievement choice has guided much
research over the last 40+ years. In this article, we discuss five “macro” level issues …

The Power of Interest for Motivation and Engagement describes the benefits of interest for
people of all ages. Using case material as illustrations, the volume explains that interest can …

The focus of this chapter is on the role of self-efficacy in educational contexts. Self-efficacy is
defined as one's perceived capabilities for learning or performing actions at designated …

Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success–and therefore crucial for the
language teacher and researcher to understand. The third edition of Teaching and …

The second edition of the Handbook of Motivation at School presents an integrated
compilation of theory and research in the field. With chapters by leading experts, this book …

We examined the predictability of non-cognitive variables for students' mathematics
achievement, based on large-scale international databases of the TIMSS 2003, 2007, and …

Gamification is a training model that encourages the inclusion of active methodologies into
learning environments. The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of a gamified …

In this chapter we review Eccles and colleagues' expectancy-value theory (EVT) of
motivation and discuss its relevance for understanding and improving student learning …