at my stdt's place.
hanging on the toilet door, i saw a note from the mom to the boy,"i am so proud of your english result. i knw it's not easy for you to spell words right...but u hv shown your best...to celebrate the joyous occasion, i have bought a ..cake. ..."
wow, to me, it's a great reinforcement.
truly, for a kid to perform well these days, it's not easy. esp for a kid going thru some therapy sessions to help address certain learning issues at this tender age.
this note will serve to remind the boy that when he does well, the whole family rejoices. but more importantly, when results don't meet expectations, evaluation has to be made to address the problems.
these days, all the kids hv similar problems. not checking their work. or rather, not bothering to get the final answers right.
so, i always emphasise with them,"i would rather u do 5 questions right than 15 questions with hardly any right!"
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Positive reinforcement is very impt. That's why I told mum our bro should give more encouragement to Nat for coming in top in class though her score may not be fantastic. Bro was sarcastic and said there were just 2 students in class and she came in top.
ReplyDeleteHaha... did he say that?
ReplyDeleteI am encouraging in my own ways but I would push them to do better. Like small T's PTM remarks, I told her half (only the good one) and diplomatically rephrased the other half for her.