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ERIC Number: EJ307667
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Achievement through Rewards and Goals: Motivational and Informational Effects.
Schunk, Dale H.
Journal of Educational Research, v78 n1 p29-34 Sep-Oct 1984
The effects of performance-contingent rewards and proximal goals on children's task motivation, self-efficacy, and skillful performance were compared in a study of elementary school students. Results indicated that combining rewards with goals resulted in the highest self-efficacy and skill performance. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Goal Orientation, Rewards, Self Concept, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Proximal Goal; Self Efficacy