Carole Ames

14.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
40 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Carole Ames is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carole Ames has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 18 papers in Education and 10 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Carole Ames's work include Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (18 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (9 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (8 papers). Carole Ames is often cited by papers focused on Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (18 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (9 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (8 papers). Carole Ames collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Carole Ames's co-authors include Jennifer Archer, Russell Ames, Donald W. Felker, Martin L. Maehr, Jere Brophy, Ann‐Frances Cameron, J. R. Weisz, Colette R. Hirsch, Sophie Browning and Kristin R. Laurens and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Educational Psychology, American Educational Research Journal and Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education.

In The Last Decade

Carole Ames

38 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation. 1988 2026 2000 2013 1992 1988 1995 1992 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carole Ames United States 21 5.3k 4.6k 4.1k 3.0k 1.2k 40 9.8k
Martin L. Maehr United States 34 3.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 868 0.7× 98 6.2k
Einar M. Skaalvik Norway 37 4.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 5.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 910 0.8× 58 9.6k
Judith L. Meece United States 38 3.1k 0.6× 3.8k 0.8× 4.7k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 74 8.3k
Marc R. Blais Canada 19 3.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.3× 1.0k 0.2× 1.4k 0.5× 591 0.5× 24 5.5k
Jürgen Baumert Germany 60 4.4k 0.8× 4.2k 0.9× 11.7k 2.8× 3.0k 1.0× 886 0.7× 357 16.7k
Avi Kaplan United States 39 3.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 98 7.7k
Carol Midgley United States 52 7.9k 1.5× 7.5k 1.6× 10.2k 2.5× 2.6k 0.9× 3.1k 2.6× 73 17.3k
Jere Brophy United States 51 2.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 9.3k 2.2× 3.5k 1.2× 753 0.6× 221 13.0k
Hyungshim Jang South Korea 13 3.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.3× 2.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 22 5.3k
Martin V. Covington United States 29 2.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 468 0.4× 71 5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carole Ames

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ames, Carole, Sophie Browning, Richard Corrigall, et al.. (2015). A preliminary investigation of schematic beliefs and unusual experiences in children. European Psychiatry. 30(5). 569–575. 17 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole. (2013). Conceptions of Motivation Within Competitive and Noncompetitive Goal Structures. 239–256. 1 indexed citations
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Brophy, Jere & Carole Ames. (2005). NAEP Testing for Twelfth Graders: Motivational Issues.. 11 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole. (1993). How School-to-Home Communications Influence Parent Beliefs and Perceptions.. 9(3). 44–49. 25 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole. (1992). Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 84(3). 261–271. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maehr, Martin L. & Carole Ames. (1989). Motivation enhancing environments. JAI Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Russell Ames. (1989). Goals and cognitions. Academic Press eBooks. 46 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Jennifer Archer. (1988). Achievement goals in the classroom: Students' learning strategies and motivation processes.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 80(3). 260–267. 2492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ames, Carole & Jennifer Archer. (1988). Achievement goals in the classroom: Students' learning strategies and motivation processes.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 80(3). 260–267. 228 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Jennifer Archer. (1987). Mothers' beliefs about the role of ability and effort in school learning.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 79(4). 409–414. 16 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Russell Ames. (1985). The classroom milieu. Academic Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Weisz, J. R., Ann‐Frances Cameron, Carole Ames, & Russell Ames. (1985). Individual differences in the student's sense of control. 19 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Russell Ames. (1984). Goal Structures and Motivation. The Elementary School Journal. 85(1). 39–52. 80 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Russell Ames. (1981). Competitive versus individualistic goal structures: The salience of past performance information for causal attributions and affect.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 73(3). 411–418. 5 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Donald W. Felker. (1979). An examination of children's attributions and achievement-related evaluations in competitive, cooperative, and individualistic reward structures.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 71(4). 413–420. 2 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Russell Ames. (1978). The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat: Children's Self and Interpersonal Evaluations in Competitive and Noncompetitive Learning Environments.. Journal of research and development in education. 12(1). 79–87. 12 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole, Russell Ames, & Donald W. Felker. (1976). Informational and dispositional determinants of children's achievement attributions.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 68(1). 63–69. 15 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole & Russell Ames. (1975). Internal vs. External Determinants of Children's Perceptions of the Causes for Their Behavior.. 1 indexed citations
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Ames, Carole, et al.. (1971). Differences Among Special Class Teachers in Individualization of Instruction.. 1 indexed citations

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