“As a motivation researcher, this is the book I’ve been hoping for throughout my career. SEVT remains extraordinarily influential for explaining academic achievement and related behaviors, and the authors skillfully weave their personal stories into the theory’s decades-long development. What makes this volume especially strong is its rare combination of accessibility and rigor; it is readable for practicing educators while still offering the depth and scope that advanced undergraduate and graduate students will appreciate. Above all, the book clearly demonstrates SEVT’s broad relevance to research, practice, and policy impacting students, teachers, schools, families, and communities.”

—Eric M. Anderman, PhD, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University