Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Incentives in the classroom: treats When I was in elementary school, a lot of my teachers would pass out candy for participating in certain classroom activities. Answering questions correctly, or jeopardy games, or get an A on a test for instance. I remember my classmates and I were always very enticed by these types of incentives, is this system allowed and praised, or is it frowned upon? What are some alternative approaches besides verbally incentivizing students? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It's looked down upon by many education "theorists", but it's used in practically every classroom I've been in some capacity. I was in a classroom where homework was totally optional, and all they got for completing it was some candy. That classroom saw about 90% of students completing homework on average. It may be looked down upon, but it works.