Making the Grade: A Self-Worth Perspective on Motivation and School Reform
"...very readable, insightful, and sensible. It offers a framework for curriculum planning, raises questions concerning what should be the goals of education and suggests some meaningful ways schools can prepare students for the future...provides a valuable discussion of the motivation issues that need greater attention in debates on school reform."   Judith L. Meece, Educational Researcher"An extensive and thoughtful conversation about achievement behavior (motivation).  It is a book that is hard to put down if one is seriously inquiring into the topic."   Choice"...presents a good compilation of the author's research over the last 20 years.  The book is very readable, insightful, and sensible.  It offers a framework for curriculum planning, raises questions concerning what should be the goals of education, and suggests some meaningful ways schools can prepare students for the future....a valuable discussion of the motivation issues that need greater attention in debates on school reform."   Educational Researcher