Motivated by Meaning: Testing the Effect of Knowledge-Infused Rewards on Preschoolers' Persistence

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 783-791

  Alvarez, Aubry L ^a   Booth, Amy E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84896319808     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12151     Document Type: Article

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