Expectancy-value theory: retrospective and prospective
@inproceedings{Wigfield2010ExpectancyvalueTR, title={Expectancy-value theory: retrospective and prospective}, author={Allan Wigfield and Jenna Cambria}, year={2010} }
Expectancy-value theory is prominent in different areas in psychology, and a number of educational and developmental psychologists who study the development of achievement motivation have utilized this theory in their work (see Schunk, Pintrich, & Meece, 2006; Weiner, 1992; Wigfield & Eccles, 1992; Wigfield, Tonks, & Klauda, 2009 for overviews). In this chapter, we discuss current expectancy-value theoretical models of achievement motivation and review research based on these models. Much of…
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