ABSTRACT
In this chapter we discuss expectancy-value theory and review research that has emanated from this theoretical model. We focus in particular on the expectancy-value model developed by Eccles, Wigfi eld, and their colleagues and research that has tested it. We pay special attention to three broad issues with respect to expectancy-value theory: how expectancies and values develop, how they are infl uenced by diff erent kinds of educational contexts, and how culture impacts the development of expectancies and values.
