PROFESSOR FINANCIAL STUDENT POOR GIVE YEAR DIFFERENT SCHOOL WASHINGTON BEHAVE CHILD BOOK RESULT CHICAGO
Would students do better ___ they got money for ___ marks? Roland Fryer, a ___ of economics at Harvard ___, wanted to see whether ___ incentives could motivate students. ___ find the answer, Fryer ___ an experiment with 18,000 ___ in the USA. Most ___ the participants came from ___ homes and had trouble ___ school. The students were ___ different financial incentives to ___ well during the school ___. Then, at the end ___ the year, they were ___ special tests. Fryer did ___ experiments in four cities. ___ New York and Chicago, ___ were given money for ___ good marks in ordinary ___ tests during the year. ___ students got money for ___ well in school tests, ___ they were also paid ___ improving the way they ___ at school. In Dallas, ___ received money for reading ___. So what were the ___? In New York and ___ there wasn’t any improvement in the special tests.
[…] In Dallas and Washington, however, the results were positive and students did well in the special tests. Why? Fryer doesn’t know, but he believes the reason could be that these students had all received money for something they could control. In Dallas, students could control how many books they read and the Washington students could control their behaviour. Fryer hasn’t finished his experiment yet, but many people disagree with his methods. They feel that giving children money to improve at school is not educational. Although Fryer doesn’t disagree with them, he believes that sometimes you must be practical. According to Fryer, most adults want money for working hard, so why should children be different?
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[…] In Dallas and Washington, however, the results were positive and students did well in the special tests. Why? Fryer doesn’t know, but he believes the reason could be that these students had all received money for something they could control. In Dallas, students could control how many books they read and the Washington students could control their behaviour. Fryer hasn’t finished his experiment yet, but many people disagree with his methods. They feel that giving children money to improve at school is not educational. Although Fryer doesn’t disagree with them, he believes that sometimes you must be practical. According to Fryer, most adults want money for working hard, so why should children be different?
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Have fun....and take care!
