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ERIC Number: EJ415149
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
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Why Should Students Be Paid to Learn?
Kenyon, Peter B.
College Teaching, v38 n3 p103 Sum 1990
The strategy of paying students in play dollars for class participation and learning is criticized as inappropriate, and its effectiveness is questioned. It is argued that the classroom is different from the real world, and one of the teacher's tasks is to show the intrinsic value of learning. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Attitudes, Higher Education, Incentives, Instructional Effectiveness, Positive Reinforcement, Rewards, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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