One of your young students just made a very long paper train. What statement could you make that demonstrates effective praise?
What will be an ideal response?
Effective praise, or encouragement, focuses on the activity and process, allows children to evaluate their own work, and discourages competition. Student responses will vary, but should be valid examples of effective praise. A sample response follows. “That is a very long paper train, and it looks like you used fifteen sheets of paper to build it that way.”
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What will be an ideal response?
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