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Haines, Deborah J.: Torgessen, Joseph K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The study investigated the effects of incentives for good performance on the selection and use of an efficient task strategy by 30 reading disabled and 30 normally reading second graders. (SBH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Memory

Harackiewlcz, Judith M. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
Examines the effects of reward contingency and positive performance feedback on subsequent intrinsic motivation for an enjoyable task. Subjects were 93 high school students. (CM)
Descriptors: Feedback, High School Students, Motivation, Motivation Techniques

Fabes, Richard A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Examined the relation between 72 mothers' attitudes and practices regarding the use of rewards and their second- through fifth-grade children's susceptibility to the undermining effects of rewards. It was suggested that children's responses to rewards depend in part on their experiences with rewards. (RJC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Motivation, Parent Child Relationship

Kohn, Alfie – Review of Educational Research, 1996
The meta-analysis of J. Cameron and W. D. Pierce (1994), which purports to demonstrate that extrinsic rewards may not undermine intrinsic motivation, is unpersuasive by virtue of its methodologies, its tendency to ignore important distinctions, and its failure to include certain evidence. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Reinforcement

Lepper, Mark R.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1996
Provides a critical analysis of the meta-analysis of J. Cameron and W. D. Pierce (1994) of the experimental literature on the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation. Their overly simplistic conclusion has little theoretical or practical value and results from misuse of meta-analytic procedures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Reinforcement
Machin, M. Anthony; Fogarty, Gerard J. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2004
This study examined the underlying structure of transfer climate and those aspects of transfer climate that were related to pre-training self-efficacy, pre-training motivation, and post-training transfer implementation intentions. Positive and negative affectivity (PA and NA) were also measured in order to better understand the relationship of…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Self Efficacy, Transfer of Training, Motivation
Pineno, Oskar – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2004
In an associative learning preparation, the participants were given partial reinforcement (PRF) with two different cues. For one of the cues, the nonreinforced presentations consisted of pairings of the cue with a neutral outcome, whereas these presentations consisted of pairings with an aversive outcome for the other cue. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Punishment, Associative Learning, Cues
Development of Independence: Locus of Control, Achievement Motivation and Self vs. Adult Evaluation.

Dickie, Jane R.; Mast, Vicki A. – 1974
The development and interrelationship of various measures of independence in children ages 3-12 are examined. Subjects were scored on measures of locus of control and achievement motivation and were rated by teachers on independence and achievement. Subjects were also scored on reliance on adult evaluation and self-evaluation. The results showed…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Child Development

Lipinski, David P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Three experiments investigating variables related to the assessment and therapeutic functions of self-recording are reported. Monetary reinforcement and subject motivation were variables that enhanced the accuracy of self-monitoring. Varying levels of feedback did not differentially affect accuracy. The implications of the findings are discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Feedback, Higher Education

Doty, David Warren – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
This article studied the relative and combined effectiveness of role playing and monetary incentives to increase the social interaction and responsiveness of chronic male psychiatric patients. Trend analyses of ward data and experimental findings consistently indicated significant positive changes at posttreatment for only those groups receiving…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Males, Motivation, Patients

Switzky, Harvey N.; Haywood, H. Carl – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1974
The study investigates the relative efficacy of self-monitored and externally imposed reinforcement in intrinsically motivated and extrinsically motivated children, grades two through five. Results show the importance of individual differences in children's dispositions to respond to incentive conditions. (JH)
Descriptors: Behavior, Elementary School Students, Motivation, Performance Factors

McKaughan, Larry – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Presents a study which investigated the sources of control over behavior: internal or environmental. Results are discussed in terms of the Theory of Propositional Control. (DP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes

Townsend, Neal R.; Wheatley, Grayson H. – College Student Journal, 1975
Sixteen beginning analytic geometry and calculus classes (442 students) followed eight testing regimes for one academic quarter. Three aptitude subgroups were identified in each class. Classes to which daily quizzes were given achieved significantly higher on a specially constructed test than those which had only a single midterm examination.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, College Instruction, Educational Assessment
Leventhal, Gerald S.; Bergman, James T. – J Exp Soc Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Grant GS-951 from the National Science Foundation.
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Status, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Shores, Richard E. – Except Children, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities