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A new says promising children money to pass exams does not help exam . The report says parents could be wasting their money by using to get their kids to study more. However, the of a trip somewhere nice could encourage students to try harder and do at school. Researchers from the University of Bristol (in England) and the University of Chicago (in the USA) looked at how promises of and tickets to affected students' studying and learning. Over 10,000 in took part in the research throughout the year 2012. There was an in classwork and homework, but did not result in better test scores.

Lead researcher Dr Simon Burgess suggested the research looked at the areas. He said it had not looked at the that really got students to increase their . He added that: "Clearly, some pupils have a lot of [] and believe that is a way of getting what they want out of , but there are kids who think that working hard doesn’t make a ." He said these children think exam success is "all in your genes" because of their family . Education expert Dr Kevan Collins said good teachers were better than promises of rewards to get children to study, for children from low-income families. He wrote: "What makes the difference is how students are taught."

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