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ERIC Number: EJ052574
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Effects of Competition as a Motivational Technique in the Classroom
Clifford, Margaret M.
American Educational Research Journal, 9, 1, 123-137, W 72
The effects of competitive treatments on performance, interest, and retention were examined with the use of a ten-day vocabulary task administered in sixty-six fifth grade classrooms. Neither performance nor retention was increased under the competitive treatments. (CK)
Descriptors: Competition, Grade 5, Motivation Techniques, Predictor Variables, Retention (Psychology), Retention Studies, Student Motivation, Task Performance, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Skills
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