Test motivation in the assessment of student skills: The effects of incentives on motivation and performance

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 441-462

  Baumert, Jürgen ^a   Demmrich, Anke ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrinsic extrinsic motivation; Large scale assessment; Low high stakes test; Test motivation; Test performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035438377     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173192     Document Type: Article

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