Academic motivation and the culture of school in childhood and adolescence

1. Introduction / Cynthia Hudley and Adele Eskeles Gottfried

Pt. 1. Examining Motivation Over Time

2. Competence Motivation in Head Start: An Early Childhood Link to Learning / Heather L. Rouse and John W. Fantuzzo

3. Low Academic Intrinsic Motivation as a Risk Factor for Adverse Educational Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study from Early Childhood Through Early Adulthood / Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried, Phillip E. Morris and Clayton R. Cook

Pt. 2. Students' Social Cognitions and Motivational Processes

4. Essential Solidarities for Understanding Latino Adolescents' Moral and Academic Engagement / Theresa A. Thorkildsen, Courtney J. Golant and Elizabeth Cambray-Engstrom

5. Sources of Influence on the College Goals, Sexual Behavior, and Childbearing Attitudes of Latina Girls in Alternative High Schools / Laura F. Romo, Claudia Kouyoumdjian and Marguerita Lightfoot

6. Cultural Continuity Between Home and School as a Predictor of Student Motivation: What We Know, What We Need to Learn, and Implications for Practice / Kristen Bogner Warzon and Marika Ginsburg-Block

7. Cultural Mistrust, Academic Outcome Expectations, and Outcome Values Among African American Adolescent Males / Miles Anthony Irving

8. Responding to Self-Threats: Understanding Stigma in the Academic Domain / Collette P. Eccleston and Brenda Major

9. Cultures in Contrast: Understanding the Influence of School Culture on Student Engagement / Cynthia Hudley and Annette M. Daoud

Pt. 3. Interventions to Enhance Academic Motivation

10. Scholar Identity and Academic Achievement in African American Adolescents: Is There a Connection? / Olga M. Welch

11. Peer-Assisted Learning: An Academic Strategy for Enhancing Motivation Among Diverse Students / Marika Ginsburg-Block, Cynthia Rohrbeck, Nancy Lavigne and John W. Fantuzzo

Pt. 4. Conclusions and Commentary

12. Academic Motivation and the Culture of School: Thematic Integration / Cynthia Hudley

13. Academic Motivation and the Culture of Schooling: Integration of Findings / Adele Eskeles Gottfried

14. Social Competence, Sociocultural Contexts, and School Success / Kathryn R. Wentzel.