The Journal of Experimental Education, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Summer, 1978), pp. 41-44 (4 pages) A government-funded educational program, the Responsive Environment Model, developed by Far West Laboratory, ...

CHAMPAIGN, lll. — Those who value excellence and hard work generally do better than others on specific tasks when they are reminded of those values. But when a task is presented as fun, researchers ...

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Extrinsic motivation is motivation that come from outside oneself. Examples include doing something for financial gain, promotion, praise or approval, or to win a competition. Depending on the ...

It's not how smart students are but how motivated they are and how they study that determines their growth in math achievement. That's the main finding of a study that looks at six annual waves of ...

This study examines the degree to which cognitive and affective aspects of mathematics learning shape adolescents’ interest and achievement in mathematics. It specifically investigates age-related ...

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Parents have an important role in identifying children's talent and guiding them. Mutual understanding and close relationship between parents and children therefore is recommended to stir up a strong ...

To assess if the correlations with the DA measures were specific for the surrogate trait measure of motivation, we also inspected correlations with the broad trait measures of Positive Emotionality ...

For years, debate has raged about the validity of IQ tests. Critics claim that these tests are subject to all sorts of biases, but research shows that IQ results are good predictors of several aspects ...