Intrinsic motivation: exploring the effect of praise and reward on pupil engagement

Motivating pupils to learn in the classroom has been on the agenda in schools and academic research for decades. This case study takes a look at school where pupils are not fully engaging in their education and implements an intervention with a view to increase the pupil motivation, and more specifically the pupils’ intrinsic motivation. Findings from the intervention show that there is a strong causal link between pupil motivation in the classroom and praise and reward.