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Peer reviewedJones, Russell T.; Evans, Helen L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Following trials in which children self-administered prizes, subjects in the stringent-demand group performed significantly better, during both the incentive and the extinction conditions, on time at task, number of correct problems, and number of problems attempted, than did subjects in lenient-demand and control groups. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Problem Solving
