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EJ488853 TM518071
Title: Motivation and Schooling in the Middle Grades.
Author(s): Anderman, Eric M.; Maehr, Martin L.
Source: Review of Educational Research, v64 n2 p287-309 Sum 1994
Publication Date: 1994
ISSN: 0034-6543
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1994
This review
examines recent developments in research on social-cognitive theories
of motivation during adolescence and the ways in which such research
can be applied to the reform of middle grade schools. Results suggest
that effective reform must consider the multiple contexts in which
students interact. (SLD)
Descriptors: *Adolescents; Context Effect; *Educational Change;
Interaction; *Intermediate Grades; Junior High School Students;
Junior High Schools; Literature Reviews; *Social Cognition; *Student
Motivation; Teaching Methods
Identifiers: Reform Efforts
