Intrinsic motivation and rewards: What sustains young children's engagement with text?

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-26

  Marinak, Barbara A ^a   Gambrell, Linda B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Intrinsic motivation; Reading engagement; Rewards; Task persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249160310     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070701749546     Document Type: Article

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