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30832
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3049
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1734

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Kathryn R. Wentzel is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research concentrates on social sciences and psychology, with a significant focus on education and developmental topics within these fields.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Peer social acceptance and academic achievement: A meta-analytic study. (2020) - Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Does Anybody Care? Conceptualization and Measurement Within the Contexts of Teacher-Student and Peer Relationships (2022) - Educational Psychology Review
  • The Other Half of the Story: the Role of Social Relationships and Social Contexts in the Development of Academic Motivation (2022) - Educational Psychology Review
  • Open science reforms: Strengths, challenges, and future directions (2021) - Educational Psychologist
  • Student well-being: In search of definitions, measures, and research designs (2024) - Learning and Instruction

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sophie Jablansky
  • Nicole R. Scalise
  • Ellen A. Skinner

Common publication venues for this researcher are:

  • Educational Psychology Review
  • Educational Psychologist
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Learning and Instruction
  • British Journal of Educational Psychology

Main fields of study are:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Subfields of study include:

  • Education
  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Safety Research

Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Online Learning and Analytics

Kathryn R. Wentzel has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association since 2010 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Social Relationships and Motivation in Middle School: The Role of Parents, Teachers, and Peers

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Student motivation in middle school: The role of perceived pedagogical caring.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Are Effective Teachers Like Good Parents? Teaching Styles and Student Adjustment in Early Adolescence

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Handbook of motivation at school

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Allan Wigfield

  • Friendships, Peer Acceptance, and Group Membership: Relations to Academic Achievement in Middle School

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Kathryn Caldwell

  • Relations between social competence and academic achievement in early adolescence

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Social-motivational processes and interpersonal relationships: Implications for understanding motivation at school.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Does Being Good Make the Grade? Social Behavior and Academic Competence in Middle School.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Friendships in Middle School: Influences on Motivation and School Adjustment.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Carolyn McNamara Barry;Kathryn A. Caldwell

  • Social supports from teachers and peers as predictors of academic and social motivation

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Ann Battle;Shannon L. Russell;Lisa B. Looney

  • The Academic Lives of Neglected, Rejected, Popular, and Controversial Children

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Steven R. Asher

  • Social Competence at School: Relation Between Social Responsibility and Academic Achievement

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Relations of social goal pursuit to social acceptance, classroom behavior, and perceived social support

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Peer Relationships, Motivation, and Academic Performance at School.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Academic and Social Motivational Influences on Students' Academic Performance

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Allan Wigfield

  • Adolescent classroom goals, standards for performance, and academic achievement: An interactionist perspective.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Friend influence on prosocial behavior: The role of motivational factors and friendship characteristics.

    Carolyn McNamara Barry;Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Peer Relationships and Collaborative Learning as Contexts for Academic Enablers

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Deborah E. Watkins

  • What Is It That I'm Trying to Achieve? Classroom Goals from a Content Perspective.

    Kathryn R. Wentzel

  • Adolescent Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Self‐Processes and Contextual Cues

    Kathryn R. Wentzel;Laurence Filisetti;Lisa Looney

  • Social motivation : understanding children's school adjustment

    Jaana Juvonen;Kathryn R. Wentzel

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Shirley Feldman
S. Shirley Feldman Stanford University
Geetha B. Ramani
Geetha B. Ramani University of Maryland, College Park
Jaana Juvonen
Jaana Juvonen University of California, Los Angeles
Allan Wigfield
Allan Wigfield University of Maryland, College Park
Bernard Weiner
Bernard Weiner University of California, Los Angeles
Johnmarshall Reeve
Johnmarshall Reeve Australian Catholic University
Sandra D. Simpkins
Sandra D. Simpkins University of California, Irvine
Jon R. Star
Jon R. Star Harvard University
Joshua Aronson
Joshua Aronson New York University
Diane F. Halpern
Diane F. Halpern Claremont McKenna College

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