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Impact of Developmental Factors on Motivating the School Achievement of Young Adolescents: Theory and Implications for Practice

University of South Carolina

Recent writing on school motivation has prescribed techniques to be used, but has failed to tailor such techniques to the developmental level of the young adolescent. This article addresses the following motivational techniques and indicates aspects of the developmental stage of early adolescence that are relevant to their application: (a) use of behavorist incentives; (b) evocation of facilitative expectations and causal attributions; (c) use of social incentives; (d) use of competition; and (e) enhancement of intrinsic motivation.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1-10 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431684041002


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