Reward Salience, Assessment of Success, and Critical Attitudes among Tutors.

Fresko, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1988

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Reward Salience, Assessment of Success, and Critical Attitudes among Tutors.

Fresko, Barbara

Journal of Educational Research, v81 n6 p341-46 Jul-Aug 1988

A survey of 1,353 college students who received tuition rebates for tutoring disadvantaged students, grades four-nine, revealed: (1) tutor motivations differed, (2) intrinsically motivated tutors rated tutoring success higher than extrinsically motivated tutors, and (3) tutors declaring only extrinsic motivation were more critical. (IAH)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Incentives, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Motivation, Questionnaires, Tutors

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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