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They received paychecks for behaving well, doing their homework or making academic gains. The money is pretend. But it can be used at the store for genuine items such as pens capped with fluffy feathers, pencil cases shaped like animals and colorful erasers.
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Sylvan Learning Centers have been using this incentive system with their clients for least two decades that I'm aware of.
It works remarkably well there.
Of course Sylvans have a three to one student teacher ratio, prescriptive diagnostic lesson plans specifically designed for each student, and fairly motivated students and parents, too.
Still, that's promising news.