Monday, February 20, 2012

Chapter 2


One of the seven deadly flaws is that it can encourage cheating, shortcuts, and unethical behavior.  This is very true some parents used to pay kids if they got good grades.  These students would cheat off of classmates’ homework and cheat on tests so they got good grades even if they did not maintain the knowledge they still got rewarded.  As Jacque said students would hide notecards with the formulas in their calculators in order to help their test grade.  However, if carrots and sticks are used properly as with Jacque’s student with the sticker example they can be helpful.  Students need to understand why they are doing what they are doing it and how it will help them.  At my observation today my teacher rewards good behavior not how good the students work is done or how fast it is done.  This keeps order in the classroom, which will in return help their work habits at school.  I never thought of this before, but as I observed I realized it really works!

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