Doug Lemov's field notes
Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.05.26.16 Positive Reinforcement: Distinguishing Praise from Acknowledgment in the Classroom
Technique #59 in Teach Like a Champion is Precise Praise. One of it’s key ideas is that you should give lots of positive reinforcement to students to build morale &motivation but that you should try to distinguish acknowledgement from praise. In the book I describe the difference this way: Acknowledgment is what you often use when…