Despite the importance of motivation in understanding the development and practices of
reading, problems persist in how motivation-related constructs are defined and investigated …

The purpose of this review was twofold. First, we wanted to identify fundamental terms within
the motivation literature associated with the study of academic achievement or academic …

This study extends the classic constructive dialogue/debate between self-concept and self-
efficacy researchers (Marsh, Roche, Pajares, & Miller, 1997) regarding the distinctions …

The purpose of this article is to examine the contribution made by the self-efficacy
component of social cognitive theory to the study of self-regulation and motivation in …

Written specifically for teachers, this book offers a wealth of research-based principles for
motivating students to learn within the realities of a classroom learning community. Its focus …

Two decades have now passed since Bandura (1977) first introduced the construct of self-
efficacy with the seminal publication of" Self-efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of …

The “sharing economy” has recently emerged as a major global phenomenon in practice
and is consequently an important research topic. What, precisely, is meant by this …

The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of various motivation variables
on task-specific mathematics performance and to explore whether these variables change …

Academic buoyancy is developed as a construct reflecting everyday academic resilience
within a positive psychology context and is defined as students' ability to successfully deal …

This exploratory review compares academic self-concept and self-efficacy research. From
the conceptual perspective, self-concept emerges as a more complex construct …