Theories of education among academically able adolescents

Tests for comparing elements of a correlation matrix.

James H. Steiger · Psychological Bulletin · 1980 · 4.4K citations

Psychological Research, Experiment Design, Correlation Matrix +10

Achievement motivation: Conceptions of ability, subjective experience, task choice, and performance.

John G. Nicholls · Psychological Review · 1984 · 3.9K citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Educational Psychology, Education +22

Reasons for Studying: Motivational Orientations and Study Strategies

Susan Bobbitt Nolen · Cognition and Instruction · 1988 · 679 citations

Ego Orientation, Achievement Goal, Student Motivation +14

Task-involving and ego-involving properties of evaluation: Effects of different feedback conditions on motivational perceptions, interest, and performance.

Ruth Butler · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1987 · 657 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology +21

Adolescents' theories of education.

John M. Nicholls, Michael Patashnick, Susan Bobbitt Nolen · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1985 · 438 citations

Education Research, Adolescent Cognition, Secondary Education +6