Carole Ames

Effects of competitive reward structure and valence of outcome on children's achievement attributions.

Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation.

This article examines the classroom learning environment in relation to achievement goal theory of motivation. Classroom structures are described in terms of how they make diffe...

Achievement goals in the classroom: Students' learning strategies and motivation processes.

We studied how specific motivational processes are related to the salience of mastery and performance goals in actual classroom settings. One hundred seventy-six students attend...

Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation.

The classroom milieu

Motivation enhancing environments