I Think I Can, I Think I Can: Understanding and Encouraging Mastery Motivation in Young Children.

Hauser-Cram, Penny

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ERIC Number: EJ567862

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Publication Date: 1998

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I Think I Can, I Think I Can: Understanding and Encouraging Mastery Motivation in Young Children.

Hauser-Cram, Penny

Young Children, v53 n4 p67-71 Jul 1998

Reviews theory and research on mastery motivation in young children. Discusses Piaget's and White's perspectives on motivation, changes in mastery motivation during early childhood, how motivation relates to cognition, how caregivers influence mastery motivation, motivation in children with disabilities, assessment of mastery motivation, and how teachers can encourage mastery motivation. Makes recommendations for future research. (KB)

Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Literature Reviews, Mastery Learning, Motivation, Piagetian Theory, Research Needs, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship, Young Children

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Language: English

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