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This study tests how different types of performance feedback affect students' intrinsic motivation and performance, distinguishing between task- and ego-involved orientations.

December 1, 1987Journal of Educational Psychology

Task-involving and ego-involving properties of evaluation: Effects of different feedback conditions on motivational perceptions, interest, and performance.

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This study tests how different types of performance feedback affect students' intrinsic motivation and performance, distinguishing between task- and ego-involved orientations.
200 fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in three sessions with divergent thinking tasks.
Participants received different feedback types: individual comments, numerical grades, standardized praise, or no feedback after Sessions 1 and 2.
Posttest measures included interest, performance, and attributions of effort and outcome.
Interest, performance, and task-involved attributions were highest after receiving comments in both high and low achieving students.
Ego-involved attributions were highest after grades and praise, indicating a significant effect of feedback type.
The results confirm the necessity of distinguishing between task-involved and ego-involved feedback conditions for effective motivation.

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Randomized trial reveals the impact of feedback types on motivation and performance in students, suggesting important distinctions in motivational orientation.

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Ruth Butler (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da2172ba6014a02e835c88 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.79.4.474

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Randomized trial reveals the impact of feedback types on motivation and performance in students, suggesting important distinctions in motivational orientation.

Task-involving and ego-involving properties of evaluation: Effects of different feedback conditions on motivational perceptions, interest, and performance.

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Task-involving and ego-involving properties of evaluation: Effects of different feedback conditions on motivational perceptions, interest, and performance.

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