The Effect of Incentives on Student-Paced Instruction.
Abstract
A system of incentives was developed for use in a student-paced training sequence. Student aptitude was used to predict each student's rate of progress through the sequence. Students were told that if they fell too far behind their predicted rate of progress, they would be assigned to special remedial study sessions, and that if they exceeded their predicted rate of progress, they would be given preferential treatment in assignments to subsequent courses. This system was evaluated in two studies on slightly different versions of the training sequence. In the first study the incentive system led to a 17% reduction in training time; in the second study it led to an 11% reduction in training time.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0753205
Entities
People
- Kirk A. Johnson
- Larry G. Harding
- Phyllis A. Salop
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory