Teachers who create warm and accepting yet business-like atmospheres will promote persistent effort and favorable attitudes toward learning. This strategy will be successful in children and in adults.

Extrinsic motivation uses rewards or incentives — like praise, fame, or money —as motivation for specific activities. It is based on external factors and may be less effective long-term than intrinsic ...

I first started working with children diagnosed with autism in the 1970s when the incidence was around 1 or 2 in every 10,000 children. It was a rare condition, and most children were ...

Extrinsic motivation is motivation that come from outside oneself. Examples include doing something for financial gain, promotion, praise or approval, or to win a competition. Depending on the ...

A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience brings together two schools of thought on the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine: one saying that dopamine provides a learning signal ...

Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul., 1971), pp. 31-52 (22 pages) This paper presents the findings of a study carried out on a sample of agricultural entrepreneurs and another ...