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

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

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