Contemporary Motivation Research

Introduction; Part 1: Global Perspectives in Motivation; 1. Motivation in school from contextual and longitudinal perspectives, Marja Vauras, Pekka Salonen, Erno Lehtinen, & Riitta Kinnunen; 2. Seeking help: Generalizable self-regulatory process and social-cultural barometer, Stuart A. Karabenick & Richard S. Newman; 3. A framework for personal goals in collaborative learning contexts, Marold Wosnitza & Simone Volet; 4. Motivational aspects of cognitive load theory, Wolfgang Schnotz, Stefan Fries, & Holger Horz; 5. Global and local perspectives on human affect: Implications of the control-value theory of achievement emotions, Reinhard Pekrun; 6. Metacognitive experiences as the link between situational characteristics, motivation, and affect in self-regulated learning, Fotini Dina & Anastasia Efklides; 7. On a differential explanation of self-direction in motivating learning environments, Peter Nenniger, Katja van den Brink, & Dirk Bissbort; 8. Linking personality to work motivation and performance: Individual differences effects, Tanja Bipp; 9. An investigation of possible mediators and moderators of the approach and avoidance - performance relationship in children: Theoretical and experimental aspects, Gunnar Bjornebekk; Part 2: Situation and Context Effects in Motivation: Local Perspectives; 10. Interest and efficacy beliefs in self-regulated learning: Does the task make a difference? Mary Ainley, Sarah Buckley, & Joanne Chan; 11. The impact of goal and feedback treatments on self-determined motivation and situational interest in a computer-based learning context, Doris Lewalter & Katrin Scholta; 12. Specification issues in the use of multilevel modeling to examine the effects of classroom context: The case of classroom goal structures, Tamera B. Murdock & Angela D. Miller; 13. Motivation development in novice teachers: The development of utility filters, Susan Bobbitt Nolen, Christopher J. Ward, Ilana Seidel Horn, Sarah

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