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The Effect of Ability-Based Verses Effort-Based Praise on Task Performance and Persistence for Children with Giftedness

Fisher, Adria
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1238497596

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2009, Specialist in Education, Miami University, Educational Psychology.
The purpose of this study was to examine the role that ability- and effort-based praise can play in persistence and task performance among children identified as gifted. Eleven middle school students who have been identified as gifted by their school district participated in non-academic activities determined individually by assessment to be of low- or high-interest. While completing these activities, either ability- or effort-based praise was delivered to the student depending on the condition. The effects of praise-type on the student’s task performance and persistence behavior were examined in relation to task interest level. Results suggest that the implementation of either praise type did not produce the negative effects on student’s persistence behavior and performance, regardless of initial task-interest.
T. Steuart Watson, PhD (Advisor)
Kevin Jones, PhD (Committee Member)
Tonya Watson, PhD (Committee Member)
Thomas Southern, PhD (Committee Member)
55 p.
Educational Psychology
giftedness; task performance; task persistence; ability; effort; praise

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  • Fisher, A. (2009). The Effect of Ability-Based Verses Effort-Based Praise on Task Performance and Persistence for Children with Giftedness [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1238497596

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fisher, Adria. The Effect of Ability-Based Verses Effort-Based Praise on Task Performance and Persistence for Children with Giftedness. 2009. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1238497596.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fisher, Adria. "The Effect of Ability-Based Verses Effort-Based Praise on Task Performance and Persistence for Children with Giftedness." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1238497596

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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