Good reminder about how not to praise from Stephen Currie in a recent post to the PDS Math Guy Blog.
It’s all to do with the effort effect and how to talk to kids about their work. Researcher Carol Dweck’s work has shown that praise for being smart is a great demotivator. Here are the researcher’s tips for a better way to talk to kids about their work:
Here are Dweck’s tips from Mindset:
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