John G. Nicholls

When a scale measures more than its name denotes: The case of the Test Anxiety Scale for Children.

Achievement motivation: Conceptions of ability, subjective experience, task choice, and performance.

The Development of the Concepts of Effort and Ability, Perception of Academic Attainment, and the Understanding That Difficult Tasks Require More Ability

Academic Attainment, and the Understanding That Difficult Tasks Require More Ability. CmrL DEVELOPMENT, 1978, 49, 800-814. Selected cognitive developments presumed to mediate th...

Causal attributions and other achievement-related cognitions: Effects of task outcome, attainment value, and sex.

Conceptions of ability and related affects in task involvement and ego involvement.

Achievement motivation: Conceptions of ability, subjective experience, task choice, and performance.

Achievement behavior is denned as behavior directed at developing or demonstrating high rather than low ability. It is shown that ability can be conceived in two ways. First, ab...

The competitive ethos and democratic education

Young children and even infants work hard at mastering various kills and show spontaneous pleasure at their own accomplishment. John Nicholls explores the conditions that cause ...

Individual differences in academic motivation: Perceived ability, goals, beliefs, and values