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Direct linkZentall, Shannon R.; Morris, Bradley J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
Previous research has demonstrated that generic praise ("good drawer") is related to children giving up after failure because failure implies the lack of a critical trait (e.g., drawing ability). Conversely, nongeneric praise ("good job drawing") is related to mastery motivation because it implies that success is related to effort. Yet children…
Descriptors: Persistence, Motivation, Positive Reinforcement, Young Children
Murray, Frank S.; Garrett, Elizabeth C. – 1976
In this study, the effects of rewards on same-different judgments of size, color, and weight were investigated. Subjects were 45 children at the kindergarten and first-grade level. The children were assigned to one of three conditions: (1) rewarded for reporting black in the identification of the colors of balls contained inside gray jars, (2)…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Kindergarten
