Event Title
How effective are extrinsic rewards in engaging students who are traditionally low performers?
Major
Education
Faculty Mentor
Miriam Jordan
Keywords
Miriam Jordan
Abstract
This action research will investigate the relationship of extrinsic rewards and students’ engagement and how that affects their performance in the classroom. The research will focus on identified academically low performing students. I will introduce a rewards system into students’ daily bell ringer questions. The interest in this research question comes from my observations during student teaching. I have observed teachers using extrinsic rewards assuming they are being effective without real investigation into the topic. The goal of this research is to determine the effectiveness of extrinsic rewards for low achieving students inside my classroom.
Session Name:
Education: Teaching and Learning I
Start Date
4-4-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
4-4-2014 10:00 AM
Location
HSB 105
How effective are extrinsic rewards in engaging students who are traditionally low performers?
HSB 105
This action research will investigate the relationship of extrinsic rewards and students’ engagement and how that affects their performance in the classroom. The research will focus on identified academically low performing students. I will introduce a rewards system into students’ daily bell ringer questions. The interest in this research question comes from my observations during student teaching. I have observed teachers using extrinsic rewards assuming they are being effective without real investigation into the topic. The goal of this research is to determine the effectiveness of extrinsic rewards for low achieving students inside my classroom.