Social Goals in the Classroom is the first volume to comprehensively examine the variety of students' non-academic goals and motivations within the classroom.

Martin H. Jones, PhD, is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of New Mexico, USA.

Part I: Overview 1. The Social Side of Classrooms: Introducing Social Goals and the Book's Purpose 2. Social Goals: A Historical Overview Part II: Social Goals 3. Academic or Social Focus Toward School 4. Social Achievment Goals 5. Social Dominance Goals 6. Prosocial Goals 7. Revenge Goals 8. Cool Goals 9. Popularity/Antisocial Goals Part III: Social Goals in Context 10. Social Goals in Context: Asian Students 11. Social Goals in Context: African American Students 12. Social Goals in Context: Latinx Students 13. Social Goals in Context: Sexuality and Gender Diversity 14. Social Goals in Context: Social Media Part IV: In Conclusion 15. Social Goals: Conclusions and Future Directions