Creating Contexts for Involvement in Mathematics.

Turner, Julianne C.; Meyer, Debra K.; Cox, Kathleen E.; Logan, Candice; DiCintio, Matthew; Thomas, Cynthia T.

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ERIC Number: EJ587342

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Creating Contexts for Involvement in Mathematics.

Turner, Julianne C.; Meyer, Debra K.; Cox, Kathleen E.; Logan, Candice; DiCintio, Matthew; Thomas, Cynthia T.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n4 p730-45 Dec 1998

Students' self-reports of involvement in mathematics were related to instructional strategies observed in their upper-elementary classrooms. Results imply that involvement can be socially constructed through whole-class instruction and that researchers should give more attention to measuring and understanding situated motivation. (Author/GCP)

Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Educational Strategies, Instructional Development, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics, Motivation Techniques, Preadolescents

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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