Chapter 2 & 2A

While reading I came across a part in chapter two that said many people work to the point of a reward and then stop. Then the book talked about reading. This reminded me of a lot of things in school such as Accelerated Reader and the Pizza Hut prizes for reading. In school, if we had to do AR, we wouldn’t read a book if it wasn’t on the AR list. What was the point of reading a book if we couldn’t get a grade for it?

                Also the book said when you offer a reward, it signals an undesirable task. I think this makes a lot of sense. If you think of the times you offer students rewards, its often to do things they don’t necessarily like doing. For example, for completing an assignment, reading books for pizza, or cleaning up. You hardly offer a child a reward for playing well or something like that.

                Another thing I liked was how they said praise and positive feedback often work better than tangible rewards. In my preschool class I always find myself praising a child, then the other children want to do well too so I notice them. I try my hardest not to give extra attention to children that are doing the wrong thing. I sing a song that goes “I like the way that (name) is (sitting), good job (name). This works incredibly well to get the other children to behave. It works way better than disciplining children for bad behavior.