Teachers play a predominant role in our society . They are the role models , inspire the students and lead them to a successful life. Their role is significant in shaping the future of the children and to mold them into responsible citizens of our country. To make their job a  little easier, a powerful motivational tool is discussed here.

Teacher praise is a productive motivational tool for the students. It encourages the struggling students  and reward their positive behavior.

Whenever possible, the focus should be on the positive classroom behavior. It can be used to maximize the positive impact of the students.

Effective Teacher PRAISE

The praise has the ability to improve student academic or behavioral performance.

  • Describe Remarkable Student Behavior – The teacher’s appreciation should include a behavioral description. It should include the behavioral element – a description of remarkable academic performance or general behavior.
  • Praise Effort and the linked Accomplishment – It can help students to see a direct link between the effort spent in a task and improved academic or behavioral performance.
  • Signal of teacher approval – Praise is a signal of teacher approval .It is better to match the Method of Praise Delivery to Student Preferences. While most students may easily accept public phrase, the evidence suggests that the older students accept praise in private.

PRAISE: Use in the CLASSROOM

Praise is a powerful motivating tool because it enables the teacher to selectively encourage different aspects of the student performance. The teacher may use Praise to boost the student’s performance with respect to the effort invested . It may be sometimes based on the accuracy of responding ,after acquiring the basic skills. Or the teacher may praise the student’s work product and examine if this product matches the actual product or the goal set by the student earlier.

PRAISE: HABITUAL – Link Praise to Classroom Routines

Praise can be delivered more consistently. By including praise into the daily classroom routine, it can be formed as a habit.

  1. The teacher can define the classroom activities which deserve praise (e.g., team work or group activity, independent student activity etc.).
  2. For each type of activity, the teacher decides on the minimum number of praise statements (e.g., 5 for team work, 4 praise statements for independent student work etc.).
  3. The teacher monitors the number of praise statements actually delivered during each activity. Then , comes up with the total and compares with the previously established goals.

If you would like to further explore on this topic and learn the detailed ways of giving praise to the students, please refer the link https://www.understood.org/articles/en/the-power-of-effective-praise-a-guide-for-teachers

 

Conclusion :

Praise is a constructive feedback given to the students by teachers and others on academic related activities. It refers only to positive feedback. It strengthens the teacher-student relationship. In order to appreciate the student’s work, the teacher can display the student’s work and inform the student’s parents about his good behavior. When reward is implemented along with the teacher’s praise, the students feel excited and pay more attention to the teacher. Thus , the teacher’s job can be made little more easier.