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Wiggins, Grant – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1993
The scoring system in cross-country running illustrates that the way in which results are reported and the opportunity to improve through hard work can provide crucial incentives. Establishing incentives that make students dissatisfied with their present effort without being overwhelmed or made fatalistic is a challenging task. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation
