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"This is a reference and text for anyone interested in achievement motivation and related topics, including social, personality, and developmental psychologists; educational psychologists; and industrial/organizational and sports psychologists. It will serve as a primary or supplemental text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses."--Jacket.

This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes as children progress through school, gender differences in motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect of ethnicity. Motivation is discussed within the context of school achievement as well as athletic and musical performance.

Offers advice for teachers on overcoming student apathy, discussing different types of students, such as rebels, socialites, the overwhelmed, and players, and providing tips for helping them succeed academically.

The author of the book What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college, and every other educational enterprise, too. The first thing they should do? Think beyond the transcript. The creative, successful people profiled in this book, college graduates who went on to change the world we live in, aimed higher than straight A's. They used their four years to cultivate...

He's an authority on leadership psychology and peak performance. He's a successful entrepreneur. He's a pioneering life coach and an internationally best-selling author. Tony Robbins makes it his business to know why we do the things we do, and in this TEDTalk he outlines what he terms the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone's actions - at work, in school, and throughout life.

Shows women how to stop sabotaging their careers and start getting ahead in their chosen professions, helping them identify ingrained habits and behaviors that may be holding them back.

Racial disparity in academic achievement remains a leading problem in American education, both at the K-12 and the college levels. A number of studies show greater diversity in the teaching profession can address some of those concerns. Hari Sreenivasan has a look at a teacher training program that is aiming to increase diversity in the classroom and improve results all the way through college.

A guide for parents, educators, and caregivers on how to inspire unmotivated children identifies teaching strategies that can be applied to a variety of personality types, in a resource that explains how adults can become healthy and work-oriented role models.