The Decade Ahead: Applications and Contexts of Motivation and Achievement -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. A sociocultural approach to motivation: A long time coming but here at last -- Introduction -- Sociocultural and situative approaches to motivation -- A sociocultural Vygotskian approach to motivation: Walker and colleagues -- Future directions in sociocultural research in motivation over the next decade -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Motivation and emotional transactions: where do we go from here? -- Motivation and emotion -- Ecological dynamic systems perspective -- Directions for future research -- Future inquiry methods -- References -- Chapter 3. Motivation and self-regulation: two close friends -- Self-regulation is a complex, multi-component, iterative, self-steering process -- Personal goals move people forward -- Emotions and goal pursuit -- What goals do students bring into the classroom? -- Recent advances in neuroscience emphasize the role of non-conscious processing in goal pursuit -- Goal coordination: findings from different conceptual frameworks -- Directions for future research on motivation and self-regulation -- References -- Chapter 4. Unfinished business: putting motivation theory to the ''classroom test'' -- What does motivation research have to say about classroomsquest -- How do teachers understand motivation theoryquest -- Validating theory in classrooms -- A case in point: collaborating with middle-school mathematics teachers to foster motivation -- Teachers' initial beliefs about motivation and mathematics -- How did teachers interpret strategies to foster ''moderate challenge''quest -- How did teachers understand the construct of autonomy in classroomsquest -- Meaningful learning.

What are the implications for testing motivation theory in classroomsquest -- Where do we go from herequest -- Challenges to theory and method -- Different frameworks and methods -- References -- Chapter 5. Current and future directions in teacher motivation research -- Introduction -- Why do teachers enter the profession? -- Movement into (and out of) the teaching profession -- Influences on teachers' work satisfaction -- Student outcomes -- Challenges in researching teacher motivation -- A program of research studying teacher motivations -- Implications for policy and practice -- Teacher motivation research - where to next? -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6. Why race matters: social context and achievement motivation in African American youth -- Social position-related risk factors and achievement motivation in African Americans -- Adaptive culture and motivation in African Americans -- Setting a research agenda for the next decade -- References -- Chapter 7. Social policy, educational opportunity, and classroom practice: a co-regulation approach to research on student motivation and achievement -- Theoretical framework: the co-regulation model -- From theory to research: schools as sociocultural institutions -- Post-NCLB reauthorization discussion -- Closing comments -- Acknowledgment -- References.