A Career Studying Motivation: How It Met My Expectancies and Values

• In Event: Division C Scribner Award. Allan Wigfield — A Career Studying Motivation: How It Met My Expectancies and Values

Abstract

The Sylvia Scribner award recognizes scholarly work that has significantly influenced thinking and research in the field of learning and instruction. It honors current research that represents a significant advancement in our understanding of learning and instruction. The work of the late Sylvia Scribner, for whom the award is named, reflects a wide range of research concerns within the field of cognition, learning, and education, and cut across disciplinary boundaries, addressed multiple sites for learning and development, and included older and younger learners.

Author

• Allan L. Wigfield, University of Maryland - College Park