The Effect of External Reward on Interest and Quality of Task Performance in Children of High and Low Intrinsic Motivation

1979/12/01 by Kathryn Kernodle Loveland, J. Gregory Olley · 3 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Children's Physical and Motor Development #Child and Animal Learning Development

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Abstract

Kathryn Kernodle Loveland, J. Gregory Olley, The Effect of External Reward on Interest and Quality of Task Performance in Children of High and Low Intrinsic Motivation, Child Development, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Dec., 1979), pp. 1207-1210

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