Adele Eskeles Gottfried, PhD, author of the Children’s Academic Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (CAIMI), will be presenting a paper at the 2014 APA Annual Conference in Washington, DC this week. Entitled, “From Parental Stimulation of Children’s Curiosity to Science Motivation and Achievement,” Gottfried’s longitudinal research shows that when parents encourage their young children’s curiosity, those children have higher academic intrinsic motivation in science subjects and higher science achievement across childhood through adolescence. Overall, the importance of academic intrinsic motivation for children’s subsequent academic competence is demonstrated. This study is part of Gottfried’s ongoing research on longitudinal aspects of parental stimulation’s role in children’s academic intrinsic motivation, and it highlights the importance of the CAIMI in being able to delineate these findings.
Gottfried’s presentation will be part of the “Role of Others in Promoting Students’ Motivation, Learning, and Well-Being” session on Sunday, August 10, at 1:00 p.m. in Convention Center Room 115. Please confirm dates and times in your convention program when you get to APA—and be sure to stop by the PAR booth (#438) as well!
Monday, July 8:
“Remembering John Holland and Furthering His Impact on Career Services” (3:00-4:10 p.m.)
“Understanding Relationships among Holland’s Self-Directed Search, the Career Thoughts Inventory, and the Career Tension Scale” (3:00-4:10 p.m.)
“The Development of the Working Styles Assessment” (4:30-5:40 p.m.)
Tuesday, July 9:
“Improving Career Interventions by Better Assessing Readiness for Decision Making” (3:00-4:10 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 10:
“The Development of a Revised Version of Holland’s Self-Directed Search” (8:00-9:00 a.m.)
PAR is proud to announce that the following 14 PAR authors will be presenting at APA this year. We encourage you attend their sessions and to visit our booth to meet our staff, pick up a complimentary doorhanger, and receive 15% off plus free shipping and handling on all purchases made during APA 2012.
Kevin D. Arnold 2212
Phillip J. Brantley 3293
Lisa Firestone 1174, 3051
Gerard Gioia 2210
Christopher Hopwood 4060
Randy Kamphaus 1150, 2127, 2163, 4104
Alan Kaufman 3211
Mark McMinn 1096, 1307, 2073, 2316, 3099, 3248
Jonathan Mueller 4132
Randal Salekin 1013, 1141, 4130, 4135
Peter Sheras 2271, 3047, 4131
Glenn Smith 3073
Robert Stern 2210
Irv Weiner 1066