Allan Wigfield

General Research Area:

Development and socialization of motivation and self-concept; gender differences; achievement motivation; self-regulation and learning; motivation for literacy.

Areas of Student Supervision:

Achievement motivation; motivation for reading; self-concept; gender differences.

Recent Publications:

Wigfield, A., Eccles, J. S., Schiefele, U., Roeser, R., & Davis-Kean, P. (2006). Development of achievement motivation. In W. Damon and N. Eisenberg (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology (6th edition). New York : Wiley.

Wigfield, A., & Wagner, A. L. (2005).  Competence, motivation, and identity development during adolescence.  In A. Elliott and C. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (pp. 222-239).  New York :  Guilford Press.

Wigfield, A., Guthrie, J.T., Tonks, S., & Perencevich, K.C. (2004). Children's motivation for reading: Domain specificity and instructional influences. Journal of Educational Research, 97, 299-311.

Wigfield, A., Tonks, S., & Eccles, J. S.  (2004).  Expectancy – value theory in cross-cultural perspective.  In D. McInerney & S. Van Etten (Eds.), Research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning volume 4:  Big theories revisited.  Greenwich , CT :  Information Age Press.

Professional Activities:

Co-Editor, American Educational Research Journal, Teaching, Learning, and Human Development section, 2008

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CORI (Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction)

Email:

awigfiel@umd.edu
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