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Cameron, Judy; Pierce, W. David; Banko, Katherine M.; Gear, Amber – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
This study assessed how rewards impacted intrinsic motivation when students were rewarded for achievement while learning an activity, for performing at a specific level on a test, or for both. Undergraduate university students engaged in a problem-solving activity. The design was a 2 * 2 factorial with 2 levels of reward in a learning phase…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Rewards, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability

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