EDUC 308 Blog

The use of rewards is very popular amongst many teachers especially the younger grades such as elementary school. I personally believe that the use of rewards can be acceptable sometimes but not all the time. I think maybe using rewards every once in a while with something big that students are accomplishing in the classroom is fine and can help motivate them but having students rely on those rewards for all of their motivation is something that I don't believe is super beneficial. A quote that really stood out to me from the Anderman article on using rewards efficelty was “Nevertheless, the assumption that the rewards can eventually be removed and that the behavior will continue may or may not prove to be true.” This quote supports my theory that having students rely on rewards too much may not be beneficial to the students because then when they don't have rewards one day they will be struggling to find that inner motivation. The use of life skills as well as acknowledge...

Poor example of classroom rules- The reason that I chose these classroom rules as an example of poor classroom rules is because the list is way too long in my opnion, we have learned that classroom rules should be pretty short and not too specfic. This list of rules is pretty long to have in an elementary school classroom and they are very specific examples such as "Don't eat candy". This rule is way too specific and I dont think it needed to be included in the clasroom ruless. These rules could use some revisions and some rules on the list could be taken off. Good example of classroom rules- I chose this set of classroom rules as a good example of classroom rules because the list of rules isnt too long and overwhelming for students. I also think that the language of these rules are very student friendly and I like how it is colorful and fun rather than just a black and white list of rules. This set of rules seems much less intimidating then other rule sheets I...