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Extrinsic Versus Intrinsic Motivation for Kids to Study
John liszt has been working in the world of public education for close to 20 years. He explores ways in which he can induce both parents and kids to try harder. What i have found is that i can use extrinsic incentives to get people to try harder, whether it's teachers, parents or the kids themselves. It works. I use behavior tricks like loss aversion. Whether they're adolescents or young it works. If my critics can show me how to give kids intrinsic motivation, or their parents when it's not there, i want to do that too. Too. In the end, i think it should be a mixture of extrinsic and intrinsic motives. And as
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