Expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory
Cross-cultural research on motivation
Japanese culture and education
Education
Ph.D. University of Maryland, Human Development and Educational Psychology
B.A. University of Michigan, Psychology and German
Selected Courses Taught
EPS 300: Educational Psychology
EPS 418: Human Motivation and Learning
EPS 501: Psychological Foundations of Education
EPS 504: Psychology of Education in the Elementary and Middle School Years
EPS 518: Motivation in the Classroom
EPS 707: Human Development and Educational And Social Policy
EPS 713: Advanced Educational Psychology
EPS 718: Research Seminar in Motivation and Education
Selected Publications
Talwar, A., Magliano, J. P., Higgs, K., Santuzzi, A., Tonks, S. M. O’Reilly., T., and Sabatini, J. (in press). Early academic success in college: Examining the contributions of reading literacy skills, metacognitive reading strategies, and reading motivation. Journal of College Reading and Learning.
Wigfield, A., Tonks. S., and Klauda, S. L. (2016). Expectancy-value theory. In K. R. Wentzel and David B. Miele (Eds.), Handbook of motivation at school (2nd Edition), (pp. 55-74). New York: Routledge.
Tonks, S. M., and Taboada, A. (2011). Developing self-regulated readers through instruction for reading engagement. In B. J. Zimmerman and D. H. Schunk (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation of learning and performance (pp. 173-186). New York: Routledge.