Feedback Strategies
Preschoolers and Praise Messages
I really enjoyed this article because I have a niece who will be three in April and I'm also around my boyfriend's nephew quite a bit who will also be turning three in April. Growing up, I've always been the baby of the family so I was never really around kids and never know how to talk to them. At my job, there is a daycare and I sometimes watch the kids. When they want to play I never know how to talk to them without seeming like I'm babying them or talking too "adult" for them. This article was nice to read though because it offered me some insights on how to give the kids in my life some positive feedback, but also to other people in my life! I usually am a generally positive person, but I realize that I need to elaborate more on how it's positive.
Presence, Not Praise
This article touches more on how giving more descriptive feedback motivates people more so than just complimenting innate traits of someone. Saying "Good job, I can tell you really tried hard" rather than "You're so smart" made the students in the study want to try harder because they connected effort with success, rather than their innate abilities. They knew they could figure out the problems if they kept trying instead of assuming they couldn't do it because they weren't smart enough. I love this because it really helps people grow in that growth mindset rather than having a fixed mindset! I used to think I was just bad at math, but the more I did it and the more time I spent on it, I got better eventually. Although these studies were performed on younger kids, it still is relevant to adults.
I really enjoyed this article because I have a niece who will be three in April and I'm also around my boyfriend's nephew quite a bit who will also be turning three in April. Growing up, I've always been the baby of the family so I was never really around kids and never know how to talk to them. At my job, there is a daycare and I sometimes watch the kids. When they want to play I never know how to talk to them without seeming like I'm babying them or talking too "adult" for them. This article was nice to read though because it offered me some insights on how to give the kids in my life some positive feedback, but also to other people in my life! I usually am a generally positive person, but I realize that I need to elaborate more on how it's positive.
Presence, Not Praise
This article touches more on how giving more descriptive feedback motivates people more so than just complimenting innate traits of someone. Saying "Good job, I can tell you really tried hard" rather than "You're so smart" made the students in the study want to try harder because they connected effort with success, rather than their innate abilities. They knew they could figure out the problems if they kept trying instead of assuming they couldn't do it because they weren't smart enough. I love this because it really helps people grow in that growth mindset rather than having a fixed mindset! I used to think I was just bad at math, but the more I did it and the more time I spent on it, I got better eventually. Although these studies were performed on younger kids, it still is relevant to adults.
(Growth Mindset, Pixabay)
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