- Research Spotlight: Dr. Geetha Ramani 08/28/08
- Dr. Patricia Alexander named Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy. 7/10/08
- APA Science Summer Fellows Come to EDHD 06/26/08
- EDHD is pleased to announce the hiring of three new tenure-track faculty: Dr. Donald J. Bolger, Dr. Nathan Hall, and Dr. Meredith Rowe. 06/10/08
- Dr. Min Wang and Dr. Natasha Cabrera were promoted to associate professor with tenure. 04/08/08
- Beginning in mid-March Dr. Brenda Jones Harden will be a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington School of Social Work. 03/13/08
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Allan Wigfield
General Research Area:
Development and socialization of motivation and self-concept; gender differences; achievement motivation; self-regulation and learning; motivation for literacy.
Areas of Student Supervision:
Achievement motivation; motivation for reading; self-concept; gender differences.
Recent Publications:
Wigfield, A., Eccles, J. S., Schiefele, U., Roeser, R., & Davis-Kean, P. (2006). Development of achievement motivation. In W. Damon and N. Eisenberg (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology (6th edition). New York : Wiley.
Wigfield, A., & Wagner, A. L. (2005). Competence, motivation, and identity development during adolescence. In A. Elliott and C. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (pp. 222-239). New York : Guilford Press.
Wigfield, A., Guthrie, J.T., Tonks, S., & Perencevich, K.C. (2004). Children's motivation for reading: Domain specificity and instructional influences. Journal of Educational Research, 97, 299-311.
Wigfield, A., Tonks, S., & Eccles, J. S. (2004). Expectancy – value theory in cross-cultural perspective. In D. McInerney & S. Van Etten (Eds.), Research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning volume 4: Big theories revisited. Greenwich , CT : Information Age Press.
Professional Activities:
Co-Editor, American Educational Research Journal, Teaching, Learning, and Human Development section, 2008Links:
Curriculum VitaeEmail:
awigfiel@umd.edu