Books written by Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Motivating Students to Learn
    Motivating Students to Learn

    Pugh (2002) applied these ideas to teaching science in high school. Modeling and scaffolding were prominent features of his approach. In teaching a zoology unit on adaptation and evolution, he ex- pressed his fascination with animals ...

  • Motivating Students to Learn
    Motivating Students to Learn

    Within fiction, boys tend to prefer action, adventure, andsports themes, whereas girls tendto prefer plots focusing on romance or personal relationships (Dreher, 2003; Millard, ...

  • Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts: Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes
    Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts: Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes

    Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes Kathryn R. Wentzel, Geetha B. Ramani. The contributions of peers to cognitive development in adolescence may relate to neurological growth (Steinberg, 2005). Many neural changes in ...

  • Handbook of Motivation at School
    Handbook of Motivation at School

    The Handbook of Motivation at School presents the first comprehensive and integrated compilation of theory and research on children’s motivation at school.

  • Handbook of Motivation at School
    Handbook of Motivation at School

    Amotivation Extrinsic Motivation Intrinsic Motivation Nonregulation External Regulation Introjected Regulation Identified Regulation Integrated Regulation Intrinsic Regulation Lack of Motivation Controlled Motivation Autonomous ...

  • Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts: Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes
    Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts: Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes

    An example of an evidence-based treatment for traumatized children is trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF ... During wraparound planning, youth, families, schools, and service providers (e.g., mental health professionals, ...

  • Motivating Students to Learn
    Motivating Students to Learn

    This revised fifth edition features new instructional strategies, summaries of effective interventions, chapters on family/cultural diversity and teacher motivation, and more.

  • Handbook of Motivation at School
    Handbook of Motivation at School

    Moreover, engagement and disaffection may play a role in students' selection of academic activities and contexts as well as ... Hence, any working model has as a primary outcome students' academic success at the current grade level and ...

  • Motivating Students to Learn
    Motivating Students to Learn

    This edition features new material on the roles that classroom goal setting, developing students' interest, and teacher-student and peer relationships play in student motivation.