Social and emotional aspects of schooling and the learning environment can dramatically affect one's attention, understanding, and memory for learning. This topic has been of increasing interest in both psychology and education, leading to an entire section being devoted to it in the third edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education. Thirty-three articles from the Encyclopedia form this concise reference which focuses on such topics as social and emotional development, anxiety in schools, effects of mood on motivation, peer learning, and friendship and social networks.
Motivation in learning
Interest
Attribution Theory
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Achievement Goal Theory: Definitions, Correlates, and Unresolved Questions
Flow in Education
Sociocultural Issues in motivation
Culture in Motivation Research: A Challenging and Enriching Contribution
Motivating Students in Classrooms
Emotional experiences
Affect, mood and Emotions
Emotion in Educational Contexts
Cognition and Emotion
Poverty, Effects of on Social and Emotional Development
Social and Emotional Outcomes of Learning
Wellbeing
Empathy
Anxiety
Impact of Assessment on Students' Test Anxiety
Educating Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Social interaction
Early Social Development and Schooling
Social interaction and Learning
Peer Interaction and learning
Peer Learning in the Classroom
Peer and Self-Assessment
Peer Relations and Socialization of Children and Adolescents with Special Needs and Adolescents with Disabilities
Social Aspects of Collaborative Learning
Self-regulatory processes
Self-Concept in Learning: Reciprocal Effects model Between Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement
Social Practices in School Assessment and Their Impact on Learner Identities
Self-Efficacy Beliefs
Volitional Control of learning
Motivation Regulation
Coping with Stressful Situations: An Important Aspect of Self-Regulation
Social relations in multiple learning environments
Children's Friendship
Social Development and Schooling
Seeking help as an Adaptive Response to Learning Difficulties: Person, Situation, and Developmental Influences
Understanding How Leadership Influences Student Learning
Competition and Student Performance
Socioemotional Aspects of Technology-Supported Learning
Social networks and the Education of Children and youth
Social and Cultural Capital in Education
