Allan Wigfield

Predictors of math anxiety and its influence on young adolescents' course enrollment intentions and performance in mathematics.

Expectancy–Value Theory of Achievement Motivation

In the Mind of the Actor: The Structure of Adolescents' Achievement Task Values and Expectancy-Related Beliefs

The authors assessed the dimensionality of and relations between adolescents' achievement-related beliefs and self perceptions, focusing on subjective valuing of achievement. Be...

Age and Gender Differences in Children's Self- and Task Perceptions during Elementary School

Self‐Concepts, Domain Values, and Self‐Esteem: Relations and Changes at Early Adolescence

ABSTRACT We assessed how children's self‐concepts of ability for mathematics, English, social, and physical skills activities, ratings of the importance of these activities, and...

Predictors of math anxiety and its influence on young adolescents' course enrollment intentions and performance in mathematics.

We used structural modeling procedures to assess the influence of past math grades, math ability perceptions, performance expectancies, and value perceptions on the level of mat...

From expectancy-value theory to situated expectancy-value theory: A developmental, social cognitive, and sociocultural perspective on motivation

Test Anxiety in Elementary and Secondary School Students

Abstract In this article., we review the literature on the development of test anxiety in elementary and secondary school children. Recent theoretical conceptualizations of anxi...

Test Anxiety: A Major Educational Problem and What Can Be Done about It

Motivational Beliefs, Values, and Goals

▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the recent research on motivation, beliefs, values, and goals, focusing on developmental and educational psychology. The authors divide the chapt...