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Turner, Julianne C.; Christensen, Andrea; Kackar-Cam, Hayal Z.; Trucano, Meg; Fulmer, Sara M. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
All teachers (N = 32) at one middle school participated in a university-led intervention to improve student engagement. Teachers discussed four principles of motivation and related instructional strategies. Teachers enacted instructional strategies in their classrooms. We observed six randomly selected teachers and their students over 3 years.…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation, Educational Strategies
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Turner, Julianne C.; Meyer, Debra K.; Midgley, Carol; Patrick, Helen – Elementary School Journal, 2003
Examined the relation between the nature of teacher discourse and sixth-grade students' reports of affect and behavior in mathematics classrooms students perceived as emphasizing both mastery and performance goals. Found that students in the classroom in which there was constant and explicit support for autonomy and intrinsic motivation, positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Discourse, Affective Behavior, Child Behavior