Tim Urdan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5135887 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Urdan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Urdan |
| SIGNATURE | URDAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Santa Clara University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The origins, evolution, and future directions of achievement goal theory
APA educational psychology handbook, Vol 2
Classroom effects on student motivation
Predictors of Academic Self-Handicapping and Achievement
The purposes of this study were to examine the predictors and achievement consequences of academic self-handicapping and to explore cultural variations in the pursuit and effects of performance goals and perceived classroom performance goal structures. Data were collected in 2 consecutive academic years from a diverse sample of high school students (N = 675). Performance-avoidance and classroom performance goal structure were positively associate…
Assessing Secondary Students’ Disposition toward Critical Thinking
There is agreement that fostering K-12 students’ critical thinking is a worthwhile endeavor. However, many educators would agree that there are students in their class-rooms who are able to think well but often choose not to utilize those skills. Little is known about the critical thinking dispositions of elementary and secondary students. This article reports on the development of a new instrument, the California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM…
Perceiving High or Low Home-School Dissonance
For some adolescents, the beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations at home and at school are in conflict, and negotiating the boundaries between these two contexts is difficult. We administered surveys, including a scale assessing perceptions of home-school dissonance, to an ethnically diverse sample of students (N = 475) in the 5th grade in elementary school and the following year in middle school. Contrary to our hypothesis, African America…
The Development and Validation of Scales Assessing Students' Achievement Goal Orientations
The Role of Classroom Goal Structure in Students’ Use of Self-Handicapping Strategies
Some students purposefully use self-handicapping strategies (e.g., procrastinating, fooling around, getting involved in many activities) so that these circumstances, rather than lack of ability, will be seen as the cause if subsequent performance is low. The aim of the present study was to determine whether we could reliably assess fifth-grade students’ reports of their use of self-handicapping strategies and to examine individual- and classroom-…
Special Issues in Reforming Middle Level Schools
In this article, some of the particular issues relevant to changing middle level schools were examined. Recent research has increasingly examined the educational needs of early adolescent students, and school reforms frequently have been called for Often, these calls for reform have not been accompanied by careful consideration of the many factors, some particular to middle level schools, that can inhibit meaningful, lasting change. Described is …
Predictors of Middle School Students' Use of Self-Handicapping Strategies
Recently, attention has been focused on the strategies children use in school to portray themselves as able to others. By procrastinating, allowing others to keep them from studying, deliberately not trying, and using other "self-handicapping" strategies, students can convey that those circumstances, rather than lack of ability, are the reasons for subsequent poor performance. Survey data from 256 eighth-grade students indicated that boys used th…
Predictors of Middle School Students' Use of Self-Handicapping Strategies
Recently, attention has been focused on the strategies children use in school to portray themselves as able to others. By procrastinating, allowing others to keep them from studying, deliberately not trying, and using other "self-handicapping" strategies, students can convey that those circumstances, rather than lack of ability, are the reasons for subsequent poor performance. Survey data from 256 eighth-grade students indicated that boys used th…
The Role of Classroom Goal Structure in Students’ Use of Self-Handicapping Strategies
Some students purposefully use self-handicapping strategies (e.g., procrastinating, fooling around, getting involved in many activities) so that these circumstances, rather than lack of ability, will be seen as the cause if subsequent performance is low. The aim of the present study was to determine whether we could reliably assess fifth-grade students’ reports of their use of self-handicapping strategies and to examine individual- and classroom-…
Perceiving High or Low Home-School Dissonance
For some adolescents, the beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations at home and at school are in conflict, and negotiating the boundaries between these two contexts is difficult. We administered surveys, including a scale assessing perceptions of home-school dissonance, to an ethnically diverse sample of students (N = 475) in the 5th grade in elementary school and the following year in middle school. Contrary to our hypothesis, African America…
Special Issues in Reforming Middle Level Schools
In this article, some of the particular issues relevant to changing middle level schools were examined. Recent research has increasingly examined the educational needs of early adolescent students, and school reforms frequently have been called for Often, these calls for reform have not been accompanied by careful consideration of the many factors, some particular to middle level schools, that can inhibit meaningful, lasting change. Described is …
Special Issues in Reforming Middle Level Schools
In this article, some of the particular issues relevant to changing middle level schools were examined. Recent research has increasingly examined the educational needs of early adolescent students, and school reforms frequently have been called for Often, these calls for reform have not been accompanied by careful consideration of the many factors, some particular to middle level schools, that can inhibit meaningful, lasting change. Described is …
Predictors of Middle School Students' Use of Self-Handicapping Strategies
Recently, attention has been focused on the strategies children use in school to portray themselves as able to others. By procrastinating, allowing others to keep them from studying, deliberately not trying, and using other "self-handicapping" strategies, students can convey that those circumstances, rather than lack of ability, are the reasons for subsequent poor performance. Survey data from 256 eighth-grade students indicated that boys used th…
The Development and Validation of Scales Assessing Students' Achievement Goal Orientations
The Role of Classroom Goal Structure in Students’ Use of Self-Handicapping Strategies
Some students purposefully use self-handicapping strategies (e.g., procrastinating, fooling around, getting involved in many activities) so that these circumstances, rather than lack of ability, will be seen as the cause if subsequent performance is low. The aim of the present study was to determine whether we could reliably assess fifth-grade students’ reports of their use of self-handicapping strategies and to examine individual- and classroom-…
Perceiving High or Low Home-School Dissonance
For some adolescents, the beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations at home and at school are in conflict, and negotiating the boundaries between these two contexts is difficult. We administered surveys, including a scale assessing perceptions of home-school dissonance, to an ethnically diverse sample of students (N = 475) in the 5th grade in elementary school and the following year in middle school. Contrary to our hypothesis, African America…
Predictors of Academic Self-Handicapping and Achievement
The purposes of this study were to examine the predictors and achievement consequences of academic self-handicapping and to explore cultural variations in the pursuit and effects of performance goals and perceived classroom performance goal structures. Data were collected in 2 consecutive academic years from a diverse sample of high school students (N = 675). Performance-avoidance and classroom performance goal structure were positively associate…
Assessing Secondary Students’ Disposition toward Critical Thinking
There is agreement that fostering K-12 students’ critical thinking is a worthwhile endeavor. However, many educators would agree that there are students in their class-rooms who are able to think well but often choose not to utilize those skills. Little is known about the critical thinking dispositions of elementary and secondary students. This article reports on the development of a new instrument, the California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM…
Classroom effects on student motivation
APA educational psychology handbook, Vol 2
The origins, evolution, and future directions of achievement goal theory
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (7 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Academic achievement (5 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (5 works) · Goal Orientation (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)