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ERIC Number: EJ267738
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Cognitive Results of Health Behavior Contracting.
Wilson, Richard W.; Eisenhauer, Vickie J.
Health Education (Washington D.C.), v13 n5 p21-23 Sep-Oct 1982
College freshmen wrote behavior contracts detailing changes they would make in their lifestyles as part of a personal health course, while control group students wrote a term paper. Students who wrote behavior contracts showed greater gains in health knowledge during the semester than did control group students. (PP)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Change, College Freshmen, Health Behavior, Health Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Outcomes of Education, Performance Contracts, Student Developed Materials, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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