Monetary incentives for low-stakes tests.

Autor/inn/en	O'Neil, Harold F.; Abedi, Jamal; Miyoshi, Judy
Titel	Monetary incentives for low-stakes tests.
Quelle	Aus: Fitzner, Thilo (Hrsg.): Bildungsstandards. Internationale Erfahrungen - Schulentwicklung - Bildungsreform. [Dokumentation der Tagung "Bildungsstandards", Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll, 15.-17.12.2003]. Bad Boll: Evang. Akademie (2004) S. 164-201Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Edition Akademie. 7
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	3-936369-10-0
Schlagwörter	Vergleichsuntersuchung; Test; Schüler; Leistungsbeurteilung; Schülerleistung; Motivation; Mathematik; Geld; USA
Abstract	Recent information on international assessments (e.g. the Third International Mathematics and Science Study) indicates that 12th-grade students in the United States are doing extremely poorly on such assessments compared with their peers in other countries. These poor results are usually attributed to cognitive factors such as student's opportunities to learn etc. However, a partial explanation of these results my be motivational. Because the low-stakes tests were administered in these 12th-graders' final year in high school, this timing may have negatively affected motivation, and thus performance. Using money as an incentive ($10.00 per item correct), on a test using TIMSS released math items, the authors manipulated the amount of money per item correct so as to increase a motivational effect and thus increase performance. A focus group, pilot study, and main study were conducted. The monetary incentive was not effective in improving performance. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2007/4