Contents: Part I:Issues in the Study of Student Perceptions.D.H. Schunk, Theory and Research on Student Perceptions in the Classroom. A. Assor, J.P. Connell, The Validity of Students' Self-Reports as Measures of Performance Affecting Self-Appraisals. Part II:Social Perceptions.T.J. Berndt, K. Keefe, Friends' Influence on Adolescents' Perceptions of Themselves at School. S. Graham, C. Hudley, An Attributional Approach to Aggression in African-American Children. A. Wigfield, R.D. Harold, Teacher Beliefs and Children's Achievement Self-Perceptions: A Developmental Perspective. R.S. Newman, M.T. Schwager, Student Perceptions and Academic Help-Seeking. Part III:Ability-Related Perceptions.P.R. Pintrich, B. Schrauben, Students' Motivational Beliefs and Their Cognitive Engagement in Classroom Academic Tasks. B.J. Zimmerman, M. Martinez-Pons, Perceptions of Efficacy and Strategy Use in the Self-Regulation of Learning. J.L. Meece, D.P. Courtney, Gender Differences in Students' Perceptions: Consequences for Achievement-Related Choices. G. Hackett, N.E. Betz, Self-Efficacy Perceptions and the Career-Related Choices of College Students. B.G. Licht, The Achievement-Related Perceptions of Children With Learning Problems: A Developmental Analysis. Part IV:Goal Perceptions.J.G. Nicholls, Students as Educational Theorists. K.R. Wentzel, Motivation and Achievement in Adolescence: A Multiple Goals Perspective. C.M. Jagacinski, The Effects of Task Involvement and Ego Involvement on Achievement-Related Cognitions and Behaviors. C. Ames, Achievement Goals and the Classroom Motivational Climate.