Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Achievement Through Rewards and Goals: Motivational and Informational Effects
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dale H. Schunk, Dean (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This experiment compared the effects of performance-contingent rewards and proximal goals on children's task motivation, self-efficacy, and skillful performance. Children deficient in division skills received division instruction and solved problems. Some children were offered rewards based on their actual performances (rewards only); others pursued proximal performance goals (goals only); and children in a third condition received rewards and goals (rewards + goals). Although the three experimental treatments led to equally rapid problem solving during training, combining rewards with goals resulted in the highest self-efficacy and division performance. Future research should investigate whether proximal goals and performance-contingent rewards enhance self-efficacy through a common informational process. Implications for teaching are discussed.
Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Achievement Through Rewards and Goals: Motivational and Informational Effects
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Educational Research, 78, 29-34.
- Language: English
- Date: 1984
- Keywords
- Self-efficacy, Academic achievement, Incentives, Goal setting, Motivation, Education, Students, Mathematics, Remedial instruction