Scores Are Important But It's How Fast They Rise That Counts
I got a number a little under 400 for my math score on my SAT. And that's getting 200 points for spelling your name right! Needless to say, I hate tests, and I hate scores even more. But now a new study is saying that scores can count as motivation, even if they're inherently meaningless, newswise.com reports. Even if the score itself has no inherent meaning, it can serve as an effective motivator, as long as the score is accelerating, say researchers. The study found that an accelerating number – even if the number itself is meaningless – can significantly affect performance. Yes, I guess I would have felt better if the number was closer to 500. We all know that people like high scores, but what is less known is how to give scores, Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Assistant Professor Luxi Shen . who began the research as a PhD scholar at Chicago Booth. “Our research shows that what matters is neither how high the score is nor how fast th...