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Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation in Education: Reconsidered Once Again
Deci et al. 2001 · review pooling many studies (meta-analysis) · touches 1 claim · used in 2 corrections to our notes
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Which beliefs it touches
- C22 Tangible rewards and interest backs it up
Full text, Table 1: rewards for simply doing the task lowered free choice more in children (d = −0.43, 39 studies) than in college students (d = −0.21, 12 studies), significantly so. Same data as Deci et al. 1999.
Corrections to our notes that used it
- C22, 30 October 2026: corrected
- C22, 6 November 2026: corrected