Tuesday, September 9, 2014
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This post tells the audience about how acknowledging and praising something that children have been struggling with is more beneficial than simply praising them for doing something good. This is because with perseverance, the brain grows and is able to recognize and understand that problem in the future. As a future teacher, I think that this will be beneficial in the classroom because these children will recognize what they are struggling with, work hard at it, and once they comprehend it, they will know for the future. This is because struggling with something will expand the brains capabilities of what is right and wrong. When a child is praised on something that he is already good at, I believe that this will just make the child's "head grow." By congratulating a student on finally working out a math problem or sounding out a word after many tries, he is proud of himself and will know how to do it in the future.
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You talked about retention of information. I feel that this is a quality that is hard to have children to posses and use to their advantage. Retention of information does need perseverance and is something students struggle with. As teachers, we need to push this quality of the trait to endorse students to have. If students were as serious and intuitive as the teachers are about learning, then the whole class wins.
ReplyDeleteYou made several points that I as a student relate to, especially as a young student. My parents were big on positive reinforcement and encouragement all my life and I think it is because of that that I am where I am today. Many students don't have parents like I do so it is important for the teacher to play that positive role in a students life so they can grow to be successful too.
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