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

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^a,b   Wigfield, Allan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Development of expectancies and values; Expectancy value theory; Hierarchies of expectancies and values; Motivation interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85084136363     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101859     Document Type: Article

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