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Date Posted: 06:56:37 04/05/07 Thu
Author: Tish Colvin
Subject: Praise Effort not Intelligence
In reply to: Elizabeth Hansen 's message, "Re: Parents" on 12:11:02 04/04/07 Wed

Elizabeth - Just a word of caution in response to your comment "However, if you send positive messages about how smart the child is and how well they are going to do, the child's performance will actually increase". I took the Motivation course several semesters ago and learned that it is very important to praise a child's EFFORT rather than simply saying he/she is SMART. The reason is this: If the child is praised for being smart, then when he encounters difficulty (which he inevitably will) he will think he's stupid and won't persist. However, if a child is praised for trying hard, when he encounters difficulty, he will be more likely to simply try harder.

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