Author Question: Explain why praising a student for a genuine accomplishment can help meet the student's need for ... (Read 83 times)

chads108 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Explain why praising a student for a genuine accomplishment can help meet the student's need for self-determination.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Mr. Smith attempts to help his students understand the concept of inertia by relating it to why people are required to wear seatbelts in their cars. Mrs. Evans has her students solve a variety of word problems that involve fractions, decimals, and percents. Mr. Leander has his students practice study skills in English, geography, and science. Each of the teachers was attempting to capitalize on which of the following factors that promote transfer?

a. Similarity between learning situations
b. Learning context
c. Depth of original understanding
d. Emphasis on metacognition

Dunkey · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Praise for genuine accomplishment suggests to learners that their competence is increasing, and the need for competence is basic according to self-determination theory.

Answer to Question 2

b