Do awards promote exam grade?

Hundreds of thousands of GCSE students are waiting for their results this week – and for some, a bright, often expensive prize may be at stake.

Prior to Thursday, BBC News has talked to students and parents about whether jewelery, gift or cash promise for grade can actually motivate the teenager to improve his exam.

Essex was taken from Essex to London with his twin sister, who was taken by his parents to London after receiving A-Level results last year and paid some money to spend as a reward.

Says Emojen, “I bought Vivian Westwood Jewelery and then they took us to a quite fancy restaurant, which we always wanted to go.”

“But I think I knew behind my head if I did well or even if I did not do well, I am sure that our parents must have taken us out for hard work anyway.”

Emojen does not think the reward would have made a difference of amount that she had studied because she was always “quite ambitious” – and her parents did not mention it until her examination was over.

From Birmingham, Jess Cooper jokingly said that his reward was “not being out of the house”.

“Good grades were a reflection of how much you tried in school,” she says.

“My parents are very proud of me and tell me all the time. I am a very working class, we have patience and we try our most difficult.”

Both Emojen and Jess say that some students in their classes were offered money for each top grade – while others were promised “first cars”, if they needed the results they needed.

Some parents believe that a reward or financial incentive offering may help with inspiration.

Surrey’s Leon Smith has given a reward of £ 50 to his children to pass their exam, saying that it helps them to bring them into the right mentality in advance.

“This means, when they modify, they have an inspiration and they will spend an extra hour to watch their books instead of playing video games”, The Father-Six explains.

He says that his son Isiah, who has just ended 6 years and took his sets earlier this year, was especially motivated to do well after seeing his elder sister Rih.

“This gives them some form of encouragement and gives them the ability to work in the direction of something,” Lyon says.

He is now planning to give awards for his children in GCSE and A-Lavers.

Manchester’s Mam-of-to Ellen Dean says that the promise he had made from the cash-for-grade ended to spend “more than an expected”.

The former primary school teacher decided to give her son Zach between £ 5 and £ 15 on the basis of each grade for her GCSE exams two years ago, but she says she was really rewarding her effort.

She says, “You don’t want to create too much pressure on them, praise and parents’ participation in their school years is more important.”

Zach scored its A-Level exam results on Thursday.

“I think his reward is going to be a city break with his brother, but he has not decided yet.”

Experts say that the effectiveness of the awards depends too much on their relationship with students and learning.

According to psychologist Natasha Tiwari, rewarding efforts rather than grade may be far long-term and durable strategy for parents.

She says, “Cash or Big-Ticut behavior can work in short term,” she says, but they also risk thinking of students as “transactions”.

She believes that there is a special day, or being allowed to recreate your bedroom or host some families or friends may be far more powerful than “cash in an envelope”.

Different awards – or none – can cause tension even within friendship groups, she says.

Manny Botway, president of the Association of School and College Leaders, says, “There is a difference between a reward for good grades and a treatment to accept their efforts.”

Manny, head of the secondary school, says he is doubting the long -term benefits of trying to reward the performance.

“I worry about the youth who do not get good results, this is a ‘deal or no deal’,” they say.

“My advice for the parents will not be that they can feel their children that their value is directly related to the grade they find. Long ago, I prefer to emphasize the internal value of education.

“It will achieve the best result.”

Additional Reporting by Emily Douti