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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Allan Wigfield is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their academic work is primarily situated within the field of Psychology, with a significant focus on Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Their research interests also include Safety Research, Education, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Wigfield's research topics encompass Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, as well as Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation. Further topics explored include Career Development and Diversity, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Youth Development and Social Support, and Cultural Differences and Values.

The scientist has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Where do we go from here in academic motivation theory and research? Some reflections and recommendations for future work, 2020, Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • From expectancy-value theory to situated expectancy-value theory: A developmental, social cognitive, and sociocultural perspective on motivation, 2020, Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • Beyond utility value interventions: The why, when, and how for next steps in expectancy-value intervention research, 2021, Educational Psychologist
  • Grit and conscientiousness: Another jangle fallacy, 2020, Journal of Research in Personality
  • Expectancy-value theory to situated expectancy-value theory: Reflections on the legacy of 40+ years of working together, 2023, Motivation Science

Wigfield has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Ji Seung Yang
  • Monica Morell
  • Jessica R. Gladstone
  • Alison C. Koenka

Their work has been published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Motivation Science
  • Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • Educational Psychology Review
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Journal of Educational Psychology

Wigfield's contributions have been recognized with the Fellow of the American Educational Research Association award in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Motivational beliefs, values, and goals.

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Allan Wigfield

  • Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation.

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Expectancy-Value Theory

    Allan Wigfield;Stephen M. Tonks;Susan Lutz Klauda

  • Development during adolescence: The impact of stage-environment fit on young adolescents' experiences in schools and in families.

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Carol Midgley;Allan Wigfield;Christy Miller Buchanan

  • Increasing Reading Comprehension and Engagement Through Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction

    John T. Guthrie;Allan Wigfield;Pedro Barbosa;Kathleen C. Perencevich

  • The development of achievement task values: A theoretical analysis

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S Eccles

  • Motivation to succeed.

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Allan Wigfield;Ulrich Schiefele

  • Development during adolescence. The impact of stage-environment fit on young adolescents' experiences in schools and in families.

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  • Changes in Children’s Self-Competence and Values: Gender and Domain Differences across Grades One through Twelve

    Janis E. Jacobs;Stephanie Lanza;D. Wayne Osgood;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Age and Gender Differences in Children's Self‐ and Task Perceptions during Elementary School

    Jacquelynne Eccles;Allan Wigfield;Rena D. Harold;Phyllis Blumenfeld

  • Relations of Children's Motivation for Reading to the Amount and Breadth of Their Reading.

    Allan Wigfield;John T. Guthrie

  • In the Mind of the Actor: The Structure of Adolescents' Achievement Task Values and Expectancy-Related Beliefs

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Allan Wigfield

  • Predictors of math anxiety and its influence on young adolescents' course enrollment intentions and performance in mathematics

    Judith L. Meece;Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Development of achievement motivation.

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation: A Developmental Perspective

    Allan Wigfield

  • From expectancy-value theory to situated expectancy-value theory: A developmental, social cognitive, and sociocultural perspective on motivation

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Allan Wigfield

  • Transitions during early adolescence: Changes in children's domain-specific self-perceptions and general self-esteem across the transition to junior high school.

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Douglas Mac Iver;David A. Reuman

  • Change in Children's Competence Beliefs and Subjective Task Values across the Elementary School Years: A 3-Year Study.

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Kwang Suk Yoon;Rena D. Harold

  • Dimensions of Children's Motivation for Reading and Their Relations to Reading Activity and Reading Achievement.

    Linda Baker;Allan Wigfield

  • Handbook of motivation at school

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Allan Wigfield

  • The Development of Competence Beliefs, Expectancies for Success, and Achievement Values from Childhood through Adolescence

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Students' achievement values, goal orientations, and interest: Definitions, development, and relations to achievement outcomes

    Allan Wigfield;Jenna Cambria

  • Engagement and Motivation in Reading

    John T. Guthrie;Allan Wigfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
Robert W. Roeser
Robert W. Roeser Pennsylvania State University
Kathryn R. Wentzel
Kathryn R. Wentzel University of Maryland, College Park
Jens Möller
Jens Möller Kiel University
James P. Byrnes
James P. Byrnes Temple University
Steven R. Asher
Steven R. Asher Duke University
Carol Midgley
Carol Midgley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Janis E. Jacobs
Janis E. Jacobs Pennsylvania State University
Herbert W. Marsh
Herbert W. Marsh Australian Catholic University
Constance A. Flanagan
Constance A. Flanagan University of Wisconsin–Madison

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