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Gottfried, Adele Eskeles; Marcoulides, George A.; Gottfried, Allen W.; Oliver, Pamella H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
A longitudinal approach was used to examine the effects of parental task-intrinsic and task-extrinsic motivational practices on academic intrinsic motivation in the subject areas of math and science. Parental task-intrinsic practices comprise encouragement of children's pleasure and engagement in the learning process, whereas task-extrinsic…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Rewards, Motivation Techniques, Parent Child Relationship
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d'Ailly, Hsiao – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003
Tests a model of motivation and achievement with data from 50 teachers and 806 Grade 4-6 students in Taiwan. Autonomy as a construct was shown to have ecological validity in Chinese children. The proposed model fit the data well, showing that maternal involvement and autonomy support, as well as teachers' autonomy support, are important for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries