List of contributorsBig theories revisited : the challengeAttribution theory revisited : transforming cultural plurality into theoretical unitySelf-determination theory : a dialectical framework for understanding sociocultural influences on student motivationMotivation as personal investmentSelf-worth theory : goes to college or do our motivation theories motivate?Self-efficacy in education revisited : empirical and applied evidenceSociocultural influence and students' development of academic self-regulation : a social-cognitive perspectiveExpectancy value theory in cross-cultural perspectiveMotivational messages from home and school : how do they influence young children's engagement in learning?The influence of sociocultural theory on our theories of engagement and motivationCoregulation of opportunity, activity, and identity in student motivation : elaborations on Vygotskian themesMetacognitive theory : considering the social-cognitive influencesWhat we have learned about student engagement in the past twenty yearsHow schools shape teacher efficacy and commitment : another piece in the achievement puzzleSubject indexTable of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.