Punished by Rewards

[chanel]

That's the ringtone on my phone.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Carrot and stick methods in education leave kids anxious and bored. Bad combination.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Curious how the nation that put men on the Moon can't implement 80 year old ideas.

Not only is science fiction an idea of tremendous import, but it is to be an important factor in making the world a better place to live in, through educating the public to the possibilities of science and the influence of science on life which, even today, are not appreciated by the man on the street. ... If every man, woman, boy and girl, could be induced to read science fiction right along, there would certainly be a great resulting benefit to the community, in that the educational standards of its people would be raised tremendously. Science fiction would make people happier, give them a broader understanding of the world, make tham more tolerant.
— Hugo Gernsback
Editorial, Science Fiction Week (1930). In Gary Westfahl, Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (2007), 166.

Hugo Gernsback and the Invention of the Science Fiction Megatext
Hugo Gernsback and the Invention of the Science Fiction Megatext | Republibot

Is that from Republicans?

psik

 

[starcraftzzz]

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/motivation.html
^Children who are rewarded for drawing end up drawing less than children who were not rewarded.
^Teenagers whom are offered rewards for winning word games ended up enjoying those word games less.
^When students were asked to create stories/paintings those who were contracted for rewards created the least creative stories/paintings.
^In College students were asked to view their writing through extrinsic and intrinsic views. Those who were asked to view through extrinsic lenses ended up having lower quality work.
^Tutors at school when offered free movie tickets for tutoring ended up with tutors who had worse educational outcomes then those tutored by someone who did not get free movie tickets.

Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"
^Praising people for doing something correctly or negatively praising them for doing something incorrectly is less effective than having a conversation with them about why the said task was correct or not.
^Continue praise makes people addicted to praise; relaying on praise to determine good or bad instead of thinking for themselves
^Students who were more heavily praised by teachers had lower self-confidence, and were less likely to persist with difficult tasks or to express their ideas.
^Praising people for doing a task result in them doing that task less and enjoying it less than if no praise was ever receive.
^Praise adds the pressure to keep doing praise worthy work; which interferes with doing the task.

From Degrading to De-Grading
^Grades make it so that students are less interested in learning
^Grades make students choose easier tasks; and cut corners on assignments.
^Students who were not given grades but instead were given and knew they would be given only qualitative feedback performed better than students who received grades.
^Students who were told they’d be graded on the knowledge of a reading assignment were less likely to understand the pertinent information than those who were told they’d receive no grade.
^Also students who were graded knew less about the topic a week later than those who weren't graded.
^Also grading takes a lot of time to do; meaning teachers have less time to teach and help students.
^Also grades encourage cheating; when good grades are the ultimate goal instead of education there is only incentive to get good grades through any means possible, instead of actually attaining an education. Students who are led to focus more on grades cheat more than those who don't even if they view cheating as wrong.