학술논문
A Gold Star For Good Attendance? No. A New Car!
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*REWARDS & punishments in education
*INCENTIVE (Psychology)
*REWARD (Psychology)
*GRADING of students
*SCHOOL attendance
*SCHOOLS
*STUDENTS
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ISSN
0093-7673
Abstract
Offers a look at schools in the United States that award students with good grades and attendance with prizes of automobiles, iPods, and laptop computers. Case of Krystal Brooks, who was given a Ford Mustang by her high school; Ways in which schools try to motivate students to attend class; Cash prize offered by a school district in Chelsea, Massachusetts; Question of whether children should be awarded for doing what they ought to do anyway; Reference to the book "Rewards for Kids," by Virginia Shiller.