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Laura Briggs Identify the texts from which your questions and answers were derived:1. [|The Learning Network: Should schools offer cash bonuses for good test scores?]2. [|Paying Kids for Good Grades: Psychology Today Blog Post] BEFORE READING RIGHT THERE: Has this program been successful? ANSWER:(source 2) Sometimes the programs work as intended, sometimes not. There are plenty of subtleties and nuances in the results, depending on the city, the [|__gender__] of the child, the reward scheme, and - most interestingly to me - just what activities earned paychecks ON MY OWN: WOULD I SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF REWARD IN MY OWN CHILDRENS CLASSROOM? AUTHOR AND YOU: What are the problems with this idea? DURING READING RIGHT THERE: how many schools are participating in these programs ANSWER: (from source 1) This year, 308 schools in six states are participating. RIGHT THERE: What is an example of a financial reward for teachers that exists in education today? ANSWER: (from source 1) //As part of the National Math and Science Initiative, some high schools have opened up their Advanced Placement courses to all students, and those who score a 3 or higher on the A.P. exam earn a $100 reward, as do their teachers// THINK AND SEARCH: Do you think this technique would work better in low income schools? THINK AND SEARCH: What groups are benifiting from these programs?
 * ANSWER: (from both sources and prior knowledge) I would have to do more research but I’m leaning towards no because it lessens the experiences of learning by turning it into a financial interaction and I think it will discourage a natural passion for learning.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: (source 2)Paying students to get good grades doesn't have any effect if they have no idea about how to get good grades. Paying them to attend class or to read books - behaviors in the repertoire of most students - was more likely to have a positive effect.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(from both sources and prior knowledge)I agree that paying students for more positive behaviors associated with good grades would have more of a positive effect and discourage cheating.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: (from source 1) Today Mr. Nystrom teaches A.P. statistics (in a low income school) to eight times as many students as he used to, and this year 70 percent of them scored high enough to qualify for college credit, compared with 50 percent before South High students said Mr. Nystrom and his colleagues had transformed the culture of a tough urban school, making it cool for boys with low-slung jeans who idolize rappers like Lil Wayne to take the hardest classes.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: (from source 1) the program led to nearly 38,000 A.P. exams being taken in math, science and English, many of them by black and Hispanic students.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AUTHOR AND YOU: Is this successful at encouraging long term motivation or only short term? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ON MY OWN: Does paying students for good grades encourage cheating? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AFTER READING <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ON MY OWN: Is it fair that some students get to participate in this system while others don’t? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ON MY OWN: How will they find the funding to implement these programs?
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> (from source 2)A well-established line of research shows that extrinsic rewards can undermine intrinsic [|__motivation__] . In a representativ study, children are given rewards for what they spontaneously do; after some period of time, the rewards are withdrawn. And the children stop doing what they had previously done without a reward!The students in these programs may or may not have intrinsic motivation in the first place. Indeed, we can assume that many of them do not (for whatever reasons); they tend to be students in schools where the overall performance is poor. Paying them cannot undermine motives that do not exist.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(source 2) external rewards can jumpstart "good" performance among students. As I see it, the issue is not incentives //per se//. The issue instead is whether incentives stay in place.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: (from prior experiences) I think it would definitely encourage cheating and that cheating would increase in schools.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: (from both sources and prior experiences) I think that it is unfair …. Different schools all have different resources and education already has unequally distributed resources and funds… we don’t need to add to those inequalities.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANSWER: (from prior experiences) one possible source could be taxes.

Identify the texts from which your questions and answers were derived: 1. Should Students Be Paid To Do Well In School? 2. The Learning Network: 3. Paying Kids for Good Grades: Psychology Today Blog Post

Type your questions (label each question type) and answers here: (Your choices are Right There, Think & Search, Author & You, On Your Own)

BEFORE READING 1. How do you feel about being paid to get the grades in school? 2. Who is the Author of this Blog?

DURING READING 1. What types of schools were offering this incentive? (Urban schools with minority students) 2. How many schools are participating in the cash incentive program? (308)

AFTER READING 1. Did this cash incentive help improve AP scores in the schools that participated? (<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: georgia,"times new roman",times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">43 of his students passed the exam this year, far above his target, 70 percent of them scored high enough to qualify for college credit, compared with 50 percent before)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: georgia,"times new roman",times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">2. What questions are you left with after reading these articles? (Where is the budget coming from for this cash incentive?) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: georgia,"times new roman",times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">3. Do you agree that the teacher should get an incentive as well for you getting the grades?