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A new report says [promising / promised] children money to pass exams does not help exam grades. The report says parents could be [wasted / wasting] their money by using cash [to / for] get their kids to study more. However, the promise of a trip somewhere nice could [encouraging / encourage] students to [try / trial] harder and do better at school. Researchers from the University of Bristol (in England) and the University of Chicago (in the USA) looked at how promises of cash and [tickets / ticket] to events affected students' [studying / studied] and learning. Over 10,000 pupils took [partner / part] in the research throughout the year 2012. There was an improvement [in / on] classwork and homework, but this did not result [in / at] better test scores.
Lead researcher Dr Simon Burgess [suggested / suggestion] the research looked at the wrong [arenas / areas] . He said it had not looked at the things that [real / really] got students to increase their [effort / effortless] . He added that: "Clearly, some pupils have a lot of goals and [belief / believe] that education is a way of getting what they want [out / in] of life, but there are kids who think that working hard doesn’t make a [difference / different] ." He said these children think exam success is "all in your [jeans / genes] " because of their family background. Education expert Dr Kevan Collins said good teachers were better than promises of [forwards / rewards] to get children to study, especially for children from low-income families. He wrote: "What really makes the difference is how students are [teach / taught] ."