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Phyllis C. Blumenfeld
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 66
Citations - 22729
Phyllis C. Blumenfeld is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Science education & Curriculum. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 66 publications receiving 20673 citations.
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School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence
TL;DR: The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement as mentioned in this paper, and it is presumed to be malleable, responsive to contextual features, and amenable to environmental change.
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Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning
Phyllis C. Blumenfeld,Elliot Soloway,Ronald W. Marx,Joseph Krajcik,Mark Guzdial,Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar +5 more
TL;DR: Project-based learning as discussed by the authors is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems, and it has the potential to help people learn.
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Age and Gender Differences in Children's Self‐ and Task Perceptions during Elementary School
TL;DR: Factor analyses showed that even the first graders had differentiated self-beliefs for the various activities, and indicated that children's competence beliefs and subjective task values formed distinct factors.
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Students' goal orientations and cognitive engagement in classroom activities
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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,Amy J. A. Arbreton,Carol Freedman-Doan,Phyllis C. Blumenfeld +6 more
TL;DR: This article assessed change over three years in elementary school children's competence beliefs and subjective task value in the domains of math, reading, instrumental music, and sports, and found that children's interest in reading and instrumental music decreased but their interest in sports and math did not.