Paying for FailureWhy bribing students for better grades backfires.

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When Rewards Backfire

Paying students for good grades seems like a logical way to boost performance, but major studies show it consistently fails. The reason is surprisingly simple: students often don't know *how* to achieve better scores. This reveals a critical flaw in how we think about motivation. Incentives only work when people have a clear path to the goal. Without the right process, rewarding the outcome is pointless.