Handbook of Positive Psychology in the Schools (second edition)
Chapter 11: Promoting Positive Motivational Goals for Students
SUGGESTED READINGS
Anderman, E. M., & Anderman, L. H. (2013). Classroom motivation (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH:
Merrill/Pearson.
This readable textbook, designed for educators, is organized around dimensions of
instructional practice, rather than around theories of motivation. Several current theories,
including goal theory, are discussed in relation to specific policies and practices.
Anderman. E. M., & Wolters, C. A. (2006). Goals, values and affect. In P. Alexander & P.
Winne (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology (2nd ed., pp. 369–390). Mahwah, NJ:
Erlbaum.
This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the research evidence related to
students’ achievement goals, as well as other motivational variables.
Maehr, M. L., & Midgley, C. (1991). Transforming school cultures. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press.
This book describes a school reform effort, based in goal theory. A team of researchers
worked with one elementary and one middle school to try to bring about theory-based
reform to support and improve students’ academic motivation.
Midgley, C. (Ed.). (2002). Goals, goal structures, and patterns of adaptive learning. Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum.
This book summarizes the development and findings of a longitudinal study of students’
motivation from a goal theory perspective, as they transition from elementary school into
the middle school years and beyond.
Patrick, H., Anderman, L. H., Ryan, A. M., Edelin, K., & Midgley, C. (2001). Teachers’
communication of goal orientations in four fifth-grade classrooms. Elementary School Journal,
102, 35–58.
This article provides detailed descriptions of four teachers’ practice, framed within a goal
theory framework. It provides specific examples of different ways some teachers created
a mastery goal structure in their fifth-grade classrooms