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Correcting every mistake in a student's work could demotivate them.

Correcting every mistake in a student's work could demotivate them.

I agree.
I disagree.
It depends.


Votes: 286 Comments: 4 Added: August 2003
Comments:
JT - 4th December 2003 13:30
Failure to correct so as not to demotivate seems a recipe for disaster. If it's wrong, it's wrong.
 
absolutes - 19th February 2007 20:00
Dear JT,
I hope you aren't a teacher?
 
Chunky - 15th August 2007 22:48
I agree with JT. We learn by our mistakes after all.
 
Leo Girard - 23rd September 2007 18:07
Psychologists tell us the best kind of reinforcement is intermittent: some (+) and some (-). This is why gambling is so addictive. Correct the galring mistakes and a few minor ones.
 
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