Using Tests as an Incentive To Motivate Procrastinators To Study.

Tuckman, Bruce W.

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ERIC Number: EJ568165

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Publication Date: 1998

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Using Tests as an Incentive To Motivate Procrastinators To Study.

Tuckman, Bruce W.

Journal of Experimental Education, v66 n2 p141-47 Win 1998

Providing an incentive to make procrastinators study by giving a test on each chapter was compared with providing a learning strategy by requiring students to outline each chapter, with 82 students classified by level of procrastination. There was an advantage of almost 12% for the test condition among high procrastinators. (SLD)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Incentives, Learning Strategies, Outlining (Discourse), Student Motivation, Study Habits, Test Results, Test Use

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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