Providing+Recognition

Providing Recognition Read and Reflect

Providing recognition of their accomplishments for students is important to keep them motivated in the classroom. I feel it builds their self-confidence, encourages them to support other students in the classroom, and guides them to approach a new task with a positive attitude. When you use the “pause, prompt, and praise” technique you are providing the student the opportunity to try and problem solve the issue first before the teacher helps out. I believe as a teacher you may end up fostering the idea of learned helplessness if you do not give the student time to problem solve. I think giving frequent specific recognition will help them become life-long independent learners.

Apply and Reflect



I think images of students could reinforce them to try a little harder when working as a group. In the classroom I would take actual pictures of the students working together, come up with motivational captions and post them in the classroom for the student groups to read.