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Index
Ability
competition and, 42, 128
developing, 37
grouping by, 148, 173, 175 - 176
recognition and, 128
Ability goals, 35 - 38, 40, 41, 49 (n2), 72,
73, 75, 77, 82 (n1), 88, 91, 99, 110,
117, 125, 141, 194, 213, 217
adoption of, 47
competitiveness and, 42
construction of, 37
deemphasizing, 65, 66, 86 - 87, 138,
187, 190, 192, 193, 199
definitions of, 36 (table)
emphasizing, 44 - 45, 101, 196
influences of, 98
problems with, 100, 102
scheduling and, 123
school cultures and, 74
Academic venturesomeness, 29 - 30, 33
(table), 40, 41, 99, 204
leadership and, 132
Accomplishment, 70, 77, 82 (n1)
deemphasizing, 71
emphasizing, 79
Achievement, 34, 36, 37, 76, 86 - 87, 90
changes in, 197
competence and, 118
motivation for, 83, 196
school culture and, 96
theories of, 68
Achievement tests, 12, 165
Actions, 141
framework for, 130 - 131
shaping, 45
Administrators, 59
responsibilities of, 131
students and, 214
Adolescents, 94, 165 - 166
motivation and, 94
problems with, 196
After-school meetings, 154, 155, 180,
182, 185
information from, 156, 164 - 165
Alternatives, perceptions of, 201 - 202
Amabile, Teresa, 40
Ames, Carole, 91, 92, 127
on classrooms/goal orientation, 90
on learning environments/task goals, 75
on teachers/instruction, 128
Anderman, Eric
goal theory and, 91
on learning, 75, 76
on motivation, 91 - 92
on school culture/at-risk students, 80
Answers, cultural, 57 - 64
Applicability, theory and, 16
Arbreton, Amy: on goal orientation, 80
Archer, Jennifer
on classrooms/goal orientation, 90
on task goals/creativity, 41
Aristotle, quote of, 3
Artifacts, cultural, 61 - 62
Arunkumar, Revathy: school cultures and,
78
Assessment, 218
alternative approaches to, 118,
150 - 152, 157
learning objectives and, 152
overemphasis on, 7
portfolio, 118
See alsoEvaluation
At-risk students, 43 - 45, 89, 100, 136
helping, 144, 173

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Publication Information: Book Title: Transforming School Cultures. Contributors: Martin L. Maehr - author, Carol Midgley - author. Publisher: Westview Press. Place of Publication: Boulder, CO. Publication Year: 1996. Page Number: 243.
    
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