Monetary incentives in support of academic achievement: Results of a randomized field trial involving high-achieving, low-resource, ethnically diverse urban adolescents

Evaluation Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-222

  Spencer, Margaret Beale ^a,c,d   Noll, Elizabeth ^a   Cassidy, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Department of Education and Psychology ^*  (United States)

^d Center for Health Achievement Neighborhoods Growth and Ethnic Studies (CHANGES)   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Adolescent identity; Low income students; Monetary incentives; Resiliency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 18844406291     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X04273329     Document Type: Article

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