Description |
xxvii, 395 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Educational psychology series |
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Educational psychology.
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Improving academic achievement : impact of psychological factors on education / edited by Joshua Aronson. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Contributors. -- A.J. Elliott , Foreword. -- Preface. -- Acknowledgements. -- Part One: Introductory Chapter: -- F. Pajares and D.H. Schunk , Self and Self-Belief in Psychology and Education: A Historical Perspective. -- Part Two: Revisiting and Extending Classic Lessons: -- R. Rosenthal , The Pygmalion Effect and its Mediating Mechanisms. -- C.S. Dweck , Messages That Motivate: How Praise Molds Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Perfrmance (In Surprising Ways). -- E.L. Deci and R.M. Ryan , The Paradox of Achievement: The Harder you Push, the Worse it Gets. -- T.D. Wilson, M. Damiani, and N. Shelton , Improving the Academic Performance of College Students with Brief Attributional Interventions. -- F. Rhodewalt and M.W. Tragakis , Self-Handicapping and School: On Academic Self-Concept and Self-Protective Behavior. -- M.R. Lepper and M. Woolverton , The Wisdom of Practice: Lessons Learned from the Study of Highly Effective Tutors. -- A. Wigfield and J.S. Eccles , Students' Motivation During the Middle School years. -- P.J. Gaskill and A.W. Hoy , Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning: The Dynamic Duo in School Performance. -- E. Aronson , Building Empathy, Compassion and Achievement in the Jigsaw Classroom. -- R.J. Sternberg , Intelligence is not Just Inside the Head: The Theory of Successful Intelligence. -- Part Three: Current Lessons: -- D.A. Pizarro and P. Salovey , Being and Becoming a Good Person: The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Moral Development and Behavior. -- F.H. Rauscher , Mozart and the Mind: Factual and Fictional Effects of Musical Enrichment. -- J. Aronson , Stereotype Threat: Contending and Coping with Unnerving Expectations. -- G.L. Cohen and C.M. Steele , A Barrier of Mistrust: How Negative Stereotypes Affect Cross-Race Mentoring. -- A.R. Pratkanis, M.E. Turner, and S.B. Malos , Towards a Resolution of an American Tension: Some Applications of the Helping Model of Affirmative Action in Schooling. -- A.W. Harrist and K.D. Bradley , Social Exclusion in the Classroom: Teachers and Students as Agents of Change. -- Index. -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Academic achievement Psychological aspects, Educational psychology |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Social psychology.
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Personality and academic achievement.
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Educational psychology.
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Academic achievement -- Psychological aspects.
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Genre/Form |
Ebook
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Author |
Aronson, Joshua.
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LC no. |
2001096798 |
ISBN |
012064455X |
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