Students' achievement task values, goal orientations, and interest are motivation-related
constructs which concern students' purposes and reasons for doing achievement activities …

This meta-analysis summarizes teaching effectiveness studies of the past decade and
investigates the role of theory and research design in disentangling results. Compared to …

This longitudinal study adopts a multidimensional perspective to examine the relationships
between middle school students' perceptions of the school environment (structure support …

Sense of belonging to math—one's feelings of membership and acceptance in the math
domain—was established as a new and an important factor in the representation gap …

We tested whether a utility value intervention (via manipulated relevance) influenced interest
and performance on a task and whether this intervention had different effects depending on …

Elementary school teachers' math anxiety has been found to play a role in their students'
math achievement. The current study addresses the role of teacher math anxiety on ninth …

Standardized tests continue to generate gender and race gaps in achievement despite
decades of national attention. Research on “stereotype threat”(Steele & Aronson, 1995) …

Over the past 25 years, achievement goal theory has emerged as one of the most prominent
theories of achievement motivation. This chapter uses an achievement goal framework to …

Despite efforts to increase female representation in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM), females continue to be less motivated to pursue STEM careers than …

Many students find math difficult, but those who are intrinsically motivated learn and do well
even when they face obstacles. Here, we examine an environmental factor that might affect …