Helping Kids Achieve Their Best: Understanding and Using Motivation the Classroom (PB)

McInerney (U. of Western Sydney) considers a range of cognitive, social cognitive, and behavioral theories of motivation and discusses their application in learning environments. Each of eight concise chapters describes some common motivational problems exhibited by students and then suggests specific strategies for overcoming them. The volume (which is not indexed) was originally published in Australia in 2000 by Allen & Unwin. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR