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ERIC Number: EJ424424
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
The Controversy over Group Rewards in Cooperative Classrooms.
Graves, Ted
Educational Leadership, v48 n7 p77-79 Apr 1991
Suggests ways to minimize the negative effects of extrinsic group rewards in cooperative classrooms, explains how to use intrinsic rewards, and outlines conditions calling for extrinsic rewards. The "social rewards" of working cooperatively probably enhance intrinsic motivation and are among the great advantages of employing cooperative learning strategies. (20 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Rewards, Student Motivation, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Kohn (Alfie); Slavin (Robert)