Ethnic, and cultural influences in academic achievement and motivation
Catholic school influences on achievement and motivation
Other Areas of Interest:
Cross-national comparisons of student achievement
School reform initiatives
School choice
Methodological issues in the study of achievement motivation
Recent Publications:
2002 Bempechat, J. & Elliott, J. (Eds.). Achievement Motivation in Culture
and Context: Understanding Children's Learning Experiences. New Directions
in Child Development, 96 (Summer). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
2002 Bempechat, J., Jimenez, N., & Boulay, B. Cultural-Cognitive Issues
in Academic Achievement: New Directions for Cross-National Research. National
Research Council, Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational
Achievement, A.C. Porter and A. Gamoran, Editors. Board on Testi8ng and Assessment,
Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Washnington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
2001 Bempechat, J. & Boulay, B.A. Beyond Dichotomous Characterizations
of Student Learning: New Directions in Achievement motivation Research. In
D. McInerney & S. Van Etten (Eds.). Research on Sociocultural Influences
on Motivation and Learning, Vol. I (pp. 17-36). Greenwich, CT: Information
Age Publishing.
2000 Bempechat, J. Getting Our Kids Back on Track: Educating Children for
the Future. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
1999 Bempechat, J. & Drago-Severson, E. Cross-National Differences in
Academic Achievement: Beyond Etic Conceptions of Children's Understandings.
Review of Educational Research,69,287-314.
1998 Bempechat, J. Against the Odds: How "At-Risk" Students Exceed
Expectations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
