Achievement and Motivation was originally published in 1993‎.‎ It provides a comprehensive review of research conducted on the topic in the late 1980s and early 1990s‎.‎ Most particularly‎,‎ it focuses on the research of those in the field who tackle the issue from a social‎-developmental perspective‎.‎ The basic theme concerns the relation between motivation ‎(‎why one does something‎)‎ and achievement ‎(‎how one performs on a variety of tasks and activities‎)‎ in education settings specifically‎.‎ It successfully engages with educational concerns about student interest in learning and their subsequent performance‎.‎ It will still be a useful point of reference for any readers involved in the social‎-developmental study of achievement and motivation in schools‎,‎ as it comprehensively documents the progression of this topic in the years leading up to its 1993 publication‎.‎