2015.04.18

 

 

 

 

讚美的力量

 

  能力是可以培養的，所以我們要怎麼做？這是我們能做的。首先，有智慧的讚美，不是讚美聰明或才能。而是要讚美孩子參與的過程：他們的努力、策略、專注、堅持、進步，讚美他們的努力，可以教出堅忍不拔的孩子。

  一句簡單的「還沒」或「還可以更好」，能給孩子更多信心，給他們邁向未來的勇氣，更有毅力。還有其他方法獎勵「還沒」，學生因努力、因策略及過程而受到獎勵，獎勵過程。我們看到學生更加努力、想出更多策略，花更多時間更積極參與，在碰到困難時，更有毅力。

The power of praise

  We understand that abilities could be developed. So what can we do? Here are some things we can do. First of all, we can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent. But praising the process that kids engage in: their effort, their strategies, their focus, their perseverance, their improvement. This process praise creates kids are hardy and resilient.

  Just the words ”yet” or “not yet”, we’re finding, give kids greater confidence, give them a path into the future that creates greater persistence. There are other ways to reward yet. Students were rewarded for effort, strategy and process rewarded process. And we got more effort, more strategies, more engagement over longer periods of time, and more perseverance when student hit really, really hard problems.