The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
It is said that the most effective way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones; however; I disagree with this statement. Although there may be merit in this argument, paying attention to both actions will allow a person to improve their learning and will learn how to distinguish from the two actions.
Firstly, while praising positive actions, it is also important to attend to the negative ones. While attending to both actions, it can cause a person to improve. For example, when teaching a student how to complete a task, such as mathematics, it is important to address the negative actions. If the negatives are ignored, the student would not know what they are doing wrong. When addressing the negative action, a teacher can point out so the student would know what to do in the future. Also, learning what they did wrong can help create a stronger foundation that will assist them when going on to more difficult topics in mathematics.
Furthermore, addressing negative actions while teaching could help a person distinguish from what is right and wrong. According to an article published by San Francisco State University, as children, it is important to address both positive and negative actions because our brains are in its early stage of development (2019). For example, if a child is bullying another child, it is important to teach the child that it is not appropriate to do so. If the child’s action was ignored, they will think it is acceptable to bully people and continue to do so while they get older.
The argument of praising positive actions while ignoring negative ones has its merritt. For example, only addressing the positive actions while teaching could result in a person to gain more confidence in themselves. In a study conducted by the Kinesiology Department at San Francisco State, when using positive reinforcement while teaching a child a sport skill, it helped the child learn the skill faster (2019). On the other hand, only praising positive actions could lead to a person being reluctant in changing.
It is argued that praising positive actions and ignoring negative ones is an effective way of teaching. I, on the other hand, believe this is false. Although praising the positive actions could lead a person in being more confident in themselves, ignoring the negative actions will hinder their learning. Addressing negative actions is equally important to addressing the positive ones because it will lead to improvements and learning the ability to distinguish from positive and negative actions.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 187, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ished by San Francisco State University, as children, it is important to address ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, may, so, while, for example, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 58.6224719101 82% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2165.0 2235.4752809 97% => OK
No of words: 423.0 442.535393258 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11820330969 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53508145475 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74173997358 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 215.323595506 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.430260047281 0.4932671777 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 666.0 704.065955056 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 11.0 3.10617977528 354% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.7889004299 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.25 118.986275619 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.15 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.15 5.21951772744 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.216020669384 0.243740707755 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0891676577169 0.0831039109588 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0817013521979 0.0758088955206 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.148185115101 0.150359130593 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0494429697119 0.0667264976115 74% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 14.1392134831 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.7 8.38706741573 92% => OK
difficult_words: 81.0 100.480337079 81% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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