Extrinsic rewards and intrinsic motivation in education: Reconsidered once again

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-27

  Deci, Edward L ^a   Koestner, Richard ^b   Ryan, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0035285941     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543071001001     Document Type: Review

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