Overview Of Self-Efficacy
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/eff.html
This website provides an overview of how self-efficacy beliefs influence human functioning, how these beliefs are created, and how self-efficacy relates to human attainment.
Self-Efficacy: The Exercise Of Control (outline) by Albert Bandura
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/giooutline.html
This web page provides the outline of Bandura's work on self-efficacy.
Humanistic Perspective of Learning
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/affsys/humed.html
This web page provides an overview of the history of the humanistic perspective, goals and principles of humanistic education, and a list of references for learning more about this topic.
Motivation
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/motivation/motivate.html
This web page defines and explains the importance of motivation and its relationship with emotions, and discusses extrinsic and intrinsic rewards and theories of motivation. The graphics on the site act as useful visual aids.
Motivation
http://askeric.org/Eric/
This website connects to the Search ERIC Database. Search for "motivation"
and access information about a wide variety of articles on motivation and children's learning.
Maslow's Theory and Education
http://askeric.org/Eric/
The Search ERIC Database on this site can search for "Maslow's Theory" and find information about the applications of Maslow's ideas to education and children's learning.
Intrinsic Motivation
http://askeric.org/Eric/
This website connects to the Search ERIC Database. Search for "intrinsic motivation" and access topics such as individualistic vs. competitive participation, effects on intrinsic motivation, the impact of teaching strategies on intrinsic motivation, and more.
Attribution
http://askeric.org/Eric/
Using the Search ERIC Database on this site, search for "attribution" and access topics such as attribution and successful performance in young children, computer attributions and anxiety in children, and more.
Approaches to Attribution
http://www.aare.edu.au/92pap/clayl92.259
This site examines the relationships between achievement, approaches to learning, and attributional beliefs and goal orientations.
Self-Efficacy
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/publications.html
This website contains articles on topics such as self-efficacy, motivation and math performance, current directions in self-efficacy research, strategies for inviting students to engage in self-efficacy, and students' perceptions of good teaching.
Self-Efficacy Resources
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/effpage.html
This site defines self-efficacy, examines Bandura's ideas, and explores how self-efficacy can be assessed. It also has extensive links to other related websites.
Goal-Setting
http://askeric.org/Eric/
This Search ERIC Database can be used to explore "goal-setting" (enter in search) including topics such as goal-setting and reading achievement, goal setting for teachers and principals, and goal-setting and attribution.
Expectancies
http://askeric.org/Eric/
This website, the Search ERIC Database, can search for the topic of "expectancies" to access information about teacher expectations and early childhood education, historical overview of teacher expectation effects, academic expectations and achievement behavior, and expectation theory in the classroom.
Self-Actualization
http://www.wynja.com/personality/sadef.html
This page contains an excerpt from Toward a Psychology of Being (1968) in which Maslow redefines self-actualization as episodic.
