effective

praise

Discuss

What connections does Maclellan make between motivation and praise?

What is wrong with praising people?

What differences do you see between a fixed entity theory of intelligence and a view of intelligence as malleable and incremental?

How does person-based praise or criticism affect writers differently than process-based praise or criticism?

practice

Read through the sample essay

Provide both person praise and person criticism to this writer

discuss

With a partner, trade papers and read through the written comments

Briefly discuss how the comments would make you feel if you were this writer

Practice it the right way

On your partner’s paper, rewrite comments using process praise and process criticism

When you finish, discuss the difference between the two types of comments with your partner