Should Parents Pay Kids For Good Grades?
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September 16, 2008 ยท
Several school systems are experimenting with a new incentive to help motivate kids to earn better grades: cash.
Jolene Ivey, Cheli English-Figaro and Nakelia Field weigh pros and cons of cash incentive programs in schools, and discuss whether they can truly be effective at motivating kids to perform better in classroom.
Did you live a coddled childhood filled with unbridled playtime and few reminders of the harsh real world? You might have been dumber as a result.
Children coaxed into a jovial mood performed worse on a simple test of geometric shape recognition than kids put in a dourer mood, report
, of the University of Plymouth, UK and colleagues in a recent issue of
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You may wonder whether these psychologists hate happy kids or just fun, but their conclusion Continue reading »