Contrast task-contingent rewards and performance-contingent rewards, and explain why task-contingent rewards diminish intrinsic motivation and performance-contingent rewards enhance intrinsic motivation.
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should define task-contingent as given for completing or participating in an activity and performance-contingent as dependent upon learning, with former being perceived as controlling and therefore completed only to get the reward, and the latter providing useful information about mastery.
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a. mandated by some but not all state governments. b. required by the IDEA as currently authorized. c. required by the Javitz Gifted and Talented Education Act of 1987. d. mandated only for students who have exceptional academic abilities.
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