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Goals and Motivational Effects in the Elementary School Part I: Effect of Competition on Performance, Interest, and Retention with the Use of a Fifth-Grade Vocabulary-Learning Task. Final Report.
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Clifford, Margaret M. – 1971
A study is reported in which the effects of 2 competitive treatments on mean classroom performance, interest and retention were examined with the use of a 10-day vocabulary-learning task. Sixty-six 5th grade classrooms were randomly assigned to one of 3 conditions: (1) control; (2) competition with reward; and (3) competition in a game setting.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students