Susan Fitzell - Educational Consultant and Speaker » positivedisclipine http://hightestscores.org Practical Strategies for Co-taught, Inclusive, and Differentiated Classrooms! Tue, 22 May 2012 03:39:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Offering Praise to Middle School Students http://hightestscores.org/offering-praise-to-middle-school-students/ http://hightestscores.org/offering-praise-to-middle-school-students/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:09:20 +0000 Susan Fitzell http://susanfitzell.edublogs.org/?p=185 In my seminars, I often talk about the special difficulties faced by middle school students and the issues that middle school teachers must be aware of and deal with. As an advocate of positive discipline, I appreciated Shaun Martin’s thoughts on offering specific praise to our middle school students.

Martin, a history teacher in Baltimore Maryland, explains that general praise like, “Good job!” has very little meaning for students of middle school age. Instead, teachers should offer praise that is meaningful to students. Specific praise such as, “You showed your work on number three perfectly!” and “Awesome work! You punctuated every sentence correctly.” offer students precise information and give value to the praise.

To read Shaun’s complete article, visit http://classroom-management-tips.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_praise_students_in_middle_school#ixzz0Ejt9hoNr&A.

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