Student Motivation

1 The Culture and Context of Learning.- The Role of Learning Context and Motivation in the Education of Exceptional Students.- Psychological Mediators of Learning Vulnerabilities.- Organization and Overview of the Book.- Attribution Theory, Beliefs and Values: Current Status and Research.- Goal Orientation Theory: New Ideas and Recent Research.- Context of Learning and Classroom Instruction.- Conclusion.- References.- I. Attribution Theory/Beliefs and Values: Current Status and Research.- 2 Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Theories of Motivation from an Attribution Perspective.- 3 Inferences about Responsibility and Values: Implication for Academic Motivation.- 4 The Social Functions of Attributional Face Saving Tactics.- 5 Declining Optimism in Ethnic Minority Students: The Role of Attributions and Self-Esteem.- 6 Chinese Students' and Teachers' Inferences of Effort and Ability.- II. Goal Orientation Theory: New Ideas and Recent Research.- 7 Cultural Diversity, Student Motivation and Achievement.- 8 Goal Orientation and Self-Regulated Learning in the College Classroom: A Cross-Cultural Comparison.- 9 Contextual Influences on Motivation and Performance: An Examination of Achievement Goal Structures.- 10 Cross-Cultural Response to Failure: Considering Outcome Attributions with Different Goals.- 11 The Influence of Culture and Context on Students' Motivational Orientation and Performance.- 12 Goals and Motivation of Chinese Students - Testing the Adaptive Learning Model.- III. Context of Learning and Classroom Instruction.- 13 Classroom Context Effects on Young Children's Motivation.- 14 Teaching Across Cultures.- 15 Significance of Cultural and Motivation Variables on Students' Attitudes Towards Group Work.- 16 Research on Classroom Instruction and Its Effects- Shortcomings, Dead Ends, and Future Perspectives.- Author Index.