Are you all still interested in Opening Minds???
I know I am behind in posting prompts but each prompt has had only a little bit of interest. Maybe I need to work on my prompts a bit??? :-) I am going to try again with a prompt...please feel free to post your own thoughts or prompts if mine don't work for you. Johnston talks about the problems with person-oriented praise: "Saying I am proud of you has the same effect as saying I'm disappointed in you. It's just the other end of the same conversation." ...and then later adds on page 40 when talking about process rather than product oriented feedback "Trying is more important than success." He states that process feedback is therefore more important than praise because it gets students into the habit of explaining successes and failures in the terms of strategy use--that it is less risky than praising effort because sometimes even 100% effort is not enough. These are some pretty powerful ideas... what are your reactions to these ideas? What have you been trying in your classroom in terms of changing your language and how has it affected your students??? Jennifer _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
