Date of Award
1-1-2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
First Supervisor
Associate Professor Len King
Second Supervisor
Dr Carmel Maloney
Abstract
The nature of student motivation in schools, particularly during early adolescence, has been of interest and concern to educators and researchers alike. Particularly over the last 20 years, considerable technological advances, societal changes, changes in traditional family structures, and changes in educational structures and practice have seen the issue of student motivation emerge as a prime focus for educators and researchers. Simultaneously, developments in educational research and consequent understandings developed about student motivation in classroom contexts have revealed the complexity of students' motivational processes and served to inspire further research in this field.
Recommended Citation
Mansfield, C. (2002). The influence of students' contextual perceptions on motivational goal pursuit in the first year of middle school. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/710