Effect of two-week camp on intrinsic motivation of elementary school children

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of two-week camp on intrinsic motivation. The subjects were a total of 53 elementary school children in two experimental groups (N=27 and N=26) ranged 5 to 6 grade who participated in two-week camps and 49 same grade school children in the comparative group who did not. To measure intrinsic motivation, three scales were used: Children's Perceived Competence Scale developed by Sakurai, Children's Self-Determination Scale developed by the author and Children's Acceptance by Signific ant Others Scale developed by Takano et al. They were administered before, after and one month after the camp. The following results were obtained: 1) Two experimental groups showed significantly greater progress in both Perceived Competence and Acceptance by Significant Others than the comparative group. 2) One experimental group showed significantly greater progress in Self-Determination than the comparative group, although another experimental group did not.<BR>The result suggested that the two-week camp experience influenced on positive direction of intrinsic motivation in the participants.
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