Student Motivation, Cognition, and Learning : Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. Mckeachie

ISBN-13: 9780805813760 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 424 str.

Pintrich; Paul R. Pintrich; Donald R. Brown

Opis

Written in honour of Wilbert J. McKeachie, this collection of essays presents some of the recent research on student motivation, cognition and learning. An explicit attempt is made to link cognitive and motivational constructs theoretically and empirically.

Recenzje

"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

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Paul R. Pintrich, Donald R. Brown, Claire Ellen Weinstein