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ERIC Number: EJ392542
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Interest in the Task and Interest in Peers' Work in Competitive and Noncompetitive Conditions: A Developmental Study.
Butler, Ruth
Child Development, v60 n3 p562-70 Jun 1989
Tested the hypothesis that focusing attention on relative performance will promote ego involvement and undermine intrinsic motivation in school-age children but not in preschoolers who do not have a normative conception of ability. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Competition, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Peer Relationship, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Intrinsic Motivation; Israel