"This collection can be valuable to any educator involved in educational theory....This book can be a valuable aid for any professional educator seeking assistance in research or a new approach to encourage learning. The book is rather pleasant reading for such a theoretical topic." —The Mathematics Teacher
Contents: Preface. K. Biolsi, E.E. Smith, The Automaticity of Similarity-Based Reasoning. S.W. VanderStoep, C.M. Seifert, Problem Solving, Transfer, and Thinking. M. Naveh-Benjamin, Y-G. Lin, Measuring and Improving Students' Disciplinary Knowledge Structures. J.G. Donald, Science Students' Learning: Ethnographic Studies in Three Disciplines. P.R. Pintrich, T. Garcia, Self-Regulated Learning in College Students: Knowledge, Strategies, and Motivation. P.A. Schutz, Goals as the Transactive Point Between Motivation and Cognition. M.V. Covington, B.W. Roberts, Self-Worth and College Achievement: Motivational and Personality Correlates. S.A. Karabenick, R. Sharma, Seeking Academic Assistance as a Strategic Learning Resource. S.G. Paris, J.C. Turner, Situated Motivation. B.J. Zimmerman, R. Risemberg, Investigating Self-Regulatory Processes and Perceptions of Self-Efficacy in Writing by College Students. C.E. Weinstein, Strategic Learning/Strategic Teaching: Flip Sides of a Coin. S.N. Reiter, Teaching Dialogically: Its Relationship to Critical Thinking in College Students. M. Inglehart, D.R. Brown, M. Vida, Competition, Achievement, and Gender: A Stress Theoretical Analysis. M.D. Svinicki, Research on College Student Learning and Motivation: Will It Affect College Instruction? W.J. McKeachie, Concluding Remarks.
Paul R. Pintrich, Donald R. Brown, Claire Ellen Weinstein