Motivating students to learn : overcoming barriers to high achievement /

Motivating students to learn : overcoming barriers to high achievement / edited by Tommy M. Tomlinson. - Berkeley, Calif. : McCutchan Pub. Corp., c1993. - xii, 270 p. ; 24 cm. - Series on contemporary educational issues .

Includes bibliographical references.

Education reform: The ups and downs of good intentions / Tommy M. Tomlinson -- Historical perspectives on academic work: The origins of learning / Robert L. Hampel -- Academic effort in international perspective / Lois Peak -- School culture, social politics, and the academic motivation of U.S. students / B. Bradford Brown -- Carrots and sticks: Can school policy influence student motivation? / Florence R. Webb, Martin V. Covington, and James W. Guthrie -- Creating prescriptions for success in urban schools: Turning the corner on pathological explanations for academic failure / Antoine M. Garibaldi -- Expectations and effort: Course demand, students' study practices, and academic achievement /John W. Thomas -- Attributional applications in the classroom / Sandra Graham and Bernard Weiner -- Children's knowledge of differential treatment in schools: Implications for motivation / Rhona S. Weinstein -- Perceiving and display effort in achievement settings / Sharon Nelson-LeGall -- Classroom management and motivated student learning / Mary McCaslin and Thomas L. Good -- Summary and recommendations / Tommy M.Tomlinson.

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Motivation in education.
Academic achievement--United States.