E-book
Improving academic achievement [electronic resource] : impact of psychological factors on education / edited by Joshua Aronson.
Record details
- ISBN: 0585469164 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: xxvii, 395 p.
- Publisher: Amsterdam ; Academic Press, c2002.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Single-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Self and self-belief in psychology and education : a historical perspective / Frank Pajares and Dale H. Schunk -- Pygmalion effect and its mediating mechanisms / Robert Rosenthal -- Messages that motivate : how praise molds students' beliefs, motivation, and performance (in surprising ways) / Carol S. Dweck -- Paradox of achievement : the harder you push, the worse it gets / Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan -- Improving the academic performance of college students with brief attributional interventions / Timothy D. Wilson, Michelle Damiani, and Nicole Shelton -- Self-handicapping and school : academic self-concept and self-protective behavior / Frederick Rhodewalt and Michael W. Tragakis -- Wisdom of practice : lessons learned from the study of highly effective tutors / Mark R. Lepper and Maria Woolverton -- Students' motivation during the middle school years / Allan Wigfield and Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- Self-efficacy and self-regulated learning : the dynamic duo in school performance / Pamela J. Gaskill and Anita Woolfolk Hoy -- Building empathy, compassion, and achievement in the jigsaw classroom / Elliot Aronson. Intelligence is not just inside the head : the theory of successful intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg -- Being and becoming a good person : the role of emotional intelligence in moral development and behavior / David A. Pizarro and Peter Salovey -- Mozart and the mind : factual and fictional effects of musical enrichment / Frances H. Rauscher -- Stereotype threat : contending and coping with unnerving expectations / Joshua Aronson -- Barrier of mistrust : how negative stereotypes affect cross-race mentoring / Geoffrey L. Cohen and Claude M. Steele -- Toward a resolution of an American tension : some applications of the helping model of affirmative action to schooling / Anthony R. Pratkanis, Marlene E. Turner, and Stanley B. Malos -- Social exclusion in the classroom : teachers and students as agents of change / Amanda W. Harrist and K. Denise Bradley. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2003. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by NetLibrary. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Academic achievement > Psychological aspects. Educational psychology. Succaes scolaire > Aspect psychologique. Psychopaedagogie. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
