Description REWARDS AND RECOGNITION Reinforcing effort and providing recogniti …

Description REWARDS AND RECOGNITION Reinforcing effort and providing recognition are the key elements in chapter 2 of our text (Dean, Hubbell, Pitler, & Stone, 2012). Often seen as positive reinforcement by some researchers, reinforcing effort and providing recognition support the growth of self-confidence in students. However, other researchers argue that providing extrinsic rewards for students decreases intrinsic student motivation. This is particularly noted on page 21 in our text. Some districts (See Incentivizing Attendance Should We Reward Kids for Coming to School? (Attendance Works, 2010) are even paying students to attend school. Research has found several key principles in which rewards and recognition can be meaningful for students: Students need to be taught about the relationship between effort and achievement. Students need to be provide explicit guidance about what it means to expend effort. Students need to track their own effort and achievement. What are your thoughts on this? What experiences have you had with the use of rewards in your classroom and in your school? Post your comments on the questions below: Would you say that rewards have been effective in increasing student motivation and performance within the classroom? How does your school reinforce effort and provide recognition? Can you give some examples? Does your school have a program of recognition for students or is it just up to the classroom teachers? Are teachers expected to reinforce effort within the classroom and provide recognition for students, publicly, as well? Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style. Click here for information on course rubrics. References Attendance Works. (2010, November). Incentivizing attendance should we reward kids for coming to school? Retrieved from http://www.attendanceworks.org/incentivizing-atten… REQUIRED STUDIES Classroom Instruction that Works (Dean, Hubbell, Pitler, & Stone, 2012) Chapter 2: Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Chapter 3: Cooperative Learning Chapter 4: Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers Chapter 5: Nonlinguistic Representations Chapter 6: Summarizing and Note Taking Chapter 7: Assigning Homework and Providing Practice Chapter 9: Generating and Testing Hypotheses Read Incentivizing Attendance Should We Reward Kids for Coming to School? (Attendance Works, 2010) [Web page] View Superintendent’s Zone Schools • Essential Supports of Effective Schools – Draft v1 (Wieser, 2012) [Video] Recommended Studies Education Northwest. (n.d.). Creating strong schools and communities. Retrieved from http://educationnorthwest.org/